Members Of The Marble Index And The Miniatures Become Spirits And Tour

Spirits, a new band featuring members of The Marble Index and The Miniatures, are hitting the road this week.

The trio features singer Brad Germain of The Marble Index and vocalist/guitarist Ian Smith and drummer Nick Skalkos from The Miniatures. Germain and Smith met after touring together, and they began writing tunes that they say sounded like a mixture of The Clash, The Cure, U2 and Hall And Oates. While this was originally done as a joke, they became serious and added Skalkos. You can check out some of Spirits' tracks on their MySpace page.

Spirits are shooting a video for "Forbidden Flame" in Toronto this week. They'll play two Ontario gigs before opening for Melanie C (uh, yeah… we're scratching our heads over that one, too) for a handful of dates across the country, which they'll follow with their own shows in June and July.

Here are Spirits' Canadian dates:

April 25 Hamilton, ON @ Pepper Jack Cafe
April 26 Waterloo, ON @ Wilfrid Laurier University w/Zaki Ibrahim
May 8 Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre w/Melanie C
May 9 London, ON @ The Music Hall w/Melanie C
May 11 Winnipeg, MB @ Garrick Centre w/Melanie C
May 12 Saskatoon, SK @ The Odeon w/Melanie C
May 14 Edmonton, AB @ Starlite Room w/Melanie C
May 15 Calgary, AB @ MacEwan Ballroom w/Melanie C
May 17 Vancouver, BC @ The Plaza Club
May 19 Kelowna, BC @ Doc Willoughby's
June 19 Guelph, ON @ E-Bar w/The Speakeasies
June 21 London, ON @ Call The Office
July 17 Waterloo, ON @ Starlight Lounge