Performer: Spiro
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Album: Lightbox
Released: 2009
Style: Celtic
MP3 version ZIP size: 1544 mb
FLAC version RAR size: 1625 mb
WMA version ZIP size: 1472 mb
Rating: 4.1
Votes: 360
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Tracklist

1	The Darkling Plains	3:52
2	A Small Light In The Far West	2:17
3	The White Hart	4:07
4	Antrobus	1:43
5	Shaft	4:32
6	I Fear You Just As I Fear Ghosts	2:32
7	Pop	4:20
8	Level 2 Small Bats	1:01
9	The Radio Sky	4:18
10	Glittering City	1:28
11	Underland	3:24
12	Altrincham Round	3:00
13	Captain Say Catastrophe	2:09
14	Binatone	3:32
15	The Lost Heart	4:23
16	Wolves	1:19
17	Mr. Keys	3:52

Notes

They might bear the tools of the folk musician and be partial to the odd traditional tune, but Spiro claim to have closer affinities to the worlds of contemporary classical and dance music than they do to the folk scene.This four-piece contemporary ensemble take a meticulous approach to composition and performance, creating a sound much greater than their parts (accordion, mandolin, acoustic guitar and violin) would suggest.

Their music - as heard on Lightbox is sweeping, majestic and cinematic, marking them out as kindred spirits with Steve Reich, Michael Nyman and the Penguin Cafe Orchestra. It's a unified but never uniform sound, one made by four virtuosic musicians pulling in the same direction and keen to provoke an emotional response in anyone within earshot. "We're like a string quartet," they explain, "but the most driving and exciting string quartet that you could imagine."

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CDRW 172	Spiro	Lightbox ‎(CD, Album)	Real World Records	CDRW 172	UK	2009