The Spitzer Space Telescope Sampler

London-via-Michigan Ballad singer and Songwriter Spitzer Space Telescope - real name Dan MacDonald - releases a new EP Spitzer Space Telescope III and are now join them together with the previous two EPs and released together on vinyl for the first time. 

Continuing his penchant for direct, Clancey Brothers-inspired folk songwriting, ‘All The Girls Ashore’ contains all of his distinctive hallmarks - vocals belted at the top of his lungs, arrangements kept sparse and melody pushed firmly to the fore, featuring vocal harmonies from Mareva Lindo and David McKindley-Ward. 

A rare case of MacDonald - who typically writes all of his own material - ‘ borrowing’ a melody from pre-existing folk tune, ‘All The Girls Ashore’ takes its melody from a French whaling song called ‘Pique La Baleine’, as he explains: “The only example of a melody I didn’t write. I liked the melody, and I wrote English lyrics to it. I don’t even know what the French is talking about. That track is just a blatant love letter to sea shanties, one of my home base music traditions.”