Spielmann has been around the block, as a songwriter, producer, band member, DJ, promoter…and now, after a good decade and varying degrees of success, as a front person and songwriter in his own right on a project whose first releases have shown lofty aspirations, marrying synths, drum machines and arpeggiators with acoustic guitars and vocal harmonies, those chorus singalongs and storytelling that could be as much an unreliable narrator as they could be autobiographical. Spielmann’s take on modern pop, and how it aligns with alternative music, is studied, honed and purposeful, expansive yet intimate, with a tongue firmly planted in it’s cheek and stadium ready choruses that will stick in your head for days.