Is there a category of music that Malka Spigel hasn’t excelled at yet? It doesn’t appear so. An Israeli born artist who is best known for her work in the post-punk band Minimal Compact, Spigel has also spent time in the alt-rock band Githead with her husband Colin Newman (of Wire fame). Additionally, her solo work has explored all sorts of variations of guitar and electronic music. <\/p>\n
On her first solo album in nearly 15 years, Spigel brings in some heavy hitters to help out. Newman, of course, is on board, as is Johnny Marr (The Smiths), Andy Ramsay (Stereolab, and Matt Simms (Wire) among others. With an all-star cast like that, it seems Every Day Is Like The First Day <\/i>was destined for greatness from the infancy stage. <\/p>\n
\u201cAmmonite\u201d gets things underway with a moody mix of violin looping, restrained drums and nearly hypnotic vibe. It’s a bit of a dark opening, but sets the pace well for what follows. Title track \u201cEvery Day Is Like The First Day\u201d follows a similar path but builds swells of noisy rock punctuated by Spigel’s always-impressive bass playing. After the initial nods to Spigel’s rock background, tracks like \u201cDream Time\u201d and \u201cBack In The Old City\u201d are more abstract and approach art-rock status, while \u201cSee It Sideways\u201d shifts into more dream pop territory. <\/p>\n
When you peel back the layers, there is a very pop oriented album buried in here with plenty of angular hooks and timeless melodies present. Tracks like \u201cTwo Dimensions In A Single Frame\u201d and \u201cDream Time\u201d possess plenty of evidence of this, though the entire offering has surprisingly universal appeal amid the moody and sometimes experimental prodding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":31264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[9016],"rating":[5615],"class_list":["post-42957","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-malka-spigel","rating-rating-b"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/42957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/42957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=42957"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=42957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}