The Spill Canvas
is an alternative rock band from Sioux Falls, South Dakota. They are most famous for their hit "All Over You" released on the radio in 2008, and reached #3 on the Billboard hot 100.
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Career
The Spill Canvas, a hot and ever-reaching band, started as a side project for lead singer, Nick Thomas, who at the time, was guitarist and backup vocalist for Metalcore outfit Nodes of Ranvier. As time passed, Thomas resigned from Nodes and went full-time with The Spill Canvas. The band's first widespread album,
Sunsets and Car Crashes
, which was written, produced, and performed by Thomas, was released by
111 Records on
April 20,
2004. Thomas was joined by members Joe Beck, Ross Wheeler, and Brandon Aegerter shortly after the release of
Sunsets and Car Crashes
. Wheeler and Aegerter left the group and were replaced by Scott McGuire and Dan Ludeman. The four members collectively wrote what would be The Spill Canvas' second album,
One Fell Swoop
. The album was released on
August 9,
2005.
On their official page in late 2006, the band announced a change of label through a news post by bassist Scott McGuire, "Also, did I mention that there is a new record label in the picture? That's right, we have signed to
Sire Records."
In early 2007, McGuire declared that he was no longer a part of the band, stating, "The Spill Canvas has decided in order to make music to its fullest potential, they must do so with out me." There is still much speculation as to whether he was kicked out of the band or if he decided to leave, but it is known that Ludeman and McGuire did not get along. The temporary replacement for McGuire was Landon Heil, the guitarist of another band known as The Glass Atlantic. He is now a permanent member of the band.
On
May 1,
2007, the band released an
EP entitled
Denial Feels So Good
, to hold their fans over until their new album arrived. The EP consisted of three original songs and two covers. Marc Sheaffer, a keyboardist from Sioux Falls, played keyboards on "Gold Dust Woman". Following the release of the EP, the band played on the entire 2007
Warped Tour, promoting the release of their third album
No Really, I'm Fine
. The new album was recorded in March and April 2007, and in Alternative Press Issue 229, it was confirmed that
Anthony Green of
Circa Survive and
Andrew McMahon of
Jack's Mannequin would be guests on the new album. Anthony Green sang backup vocals on the song "Bleed, Everyone's Doing It", and Andrew McMahon played keyboards in the re-recorded version of the song "Saved", a song originally recorded for the soundtrack of the motion picture,
Superman Returns
.
On
July 26 2007,
No Really, I'm Fine
was rumored to be the title of the upcoming album
[1]. Soon after, however, websites such as Amazon.com and Best Buy, had listed the new album with the title
Conduit
. On
August 28 2007, the band posted a Myspace bulletin stating that the album was going to be titled
No Really, I'm Fine
. The album was released under this title on
October 2,
2007, although it was leaked on the internet a few days earlier.
The band went on a Fall tour across North America in the Fall of 2007, named "All Your Favorite Spots". The tour was supported by
Meg & Dia,
Playradioplay!, and
Treaty of Paris. On
January 23,
2008, it was confirmed on
Yellowcard's official MySpace that The Spill Canvas would be touring with them in a spring acoustic tour. In February 2008, they headed to Europe with
Plain White T's and
The Fold. This past summer, The Spill Canvas headlined a national tour, supported by
Steel Train and
Ludo. Up-and-coming pop-punkers
Sing It Loud joined them for the first half of the tour, with Liam and Me joining for the end. They were joined by
Motion City Soundtrack for the final leg of the tour.
On September 11, 2008 The Spill Canvas launched the "[Photographer For A Day]" contest which gives their fans a chance to win tickets to see them and be their Photographer. The winner has not yet been announced.
In late 2008, they toured with One Republic, The Hush Sound and Augustana. On this tour, most vocalists from all of the opening bands, including Nick, came up during Augustana's set to perform Traveling Wilbury's hit "Handle With Care", trading off lead vocals.
On March 22, 2009, The Spill Canvas has been announced to play Penn State University's annual spring concert,
Movin' On on April 4, 2009.
On April 25, 2009 they opened for Three Six Mafia at Ferris State University's annual spring concert Ferris Fest.
Discography
Albums
- Go for the Jugular
(2002)
- Sunsets and Car Crashes
(2004)
- One Fell Swoop
(2005), #29 Top Heatseekers, #47 Top Independent Albums [2]
- No Really, I'm Fine
(2007), #2 Top Heatseekers, #143 Billboard 200
- Scraps/No Really, I'm Fine
(2008)
EPs
- The Concept EP
(2003)
- Denial Feels So Good
(2007)
- Honestly, I'm Doing Okay
(2008)
Notes
- The Spill Canvas Title Album - News Article - AbsolutePunk.net
- Billboard Albums; Allmusic; Retrieved February 20 2008
Additional research
Other Links
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