On The Stairs – Beyond a Shadow of A Doubt

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Many of you, faithful readers, will remember last summer’s end, when I gushed about a hand-made demo EP by a band called On the Stairs. Ah, 2009. Doesn’t it all seem like so long ago? Ages, yes. So much has happened. We’re all now so much older, hopefully wiser, and living such different lives here in the ‘10… On the Stairs’ first full length record, Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt is good evidence of that. The release finds the band full-grown and brimming with a sonic richness that was entirely absent on the bare-bones EP. From the opener, “Already Won,” we’ve got droning, sitar-like sounds, crashing gongs, and angelic choruses. Clearly, we’re dealing with a different animal altogether. (continue reading…)