The Spoils

The Spoils recently returned from their 4th European Tour in October 2011.
In early 2010, The Spoils released a vinyl compilation of their 2nd & 3rd albums, "Goodnight Victoria" & "The Crook, The Cloak & The Maiden".



The quintet reside in Melbourne but have been busy making pilgrimages to Europe throughout the past three years where they have garnered quite a following, especially in France. Within Australia, their popularity has lead them to share the stage with the likes of Bonnie Prince Billy, Catpower, The Church, The Drones, Rowland S Howard, Mick Harvey, The Flying Burrito Brothers and Richard Buckner as well as performances at The Famous Spiegeltent and other Australian festivals.



"The Spoils are a sight to see and hear, that is for sure, and they will not disappoint. Each song seeming as though it is its own story. Catch 'em if you can". FasterLouder.Com



The SPOILS "I'LL BE GONE" FILM CLIP - Taken from "The Crook, The Cloak & The Maiden""



The SPOILS "COME DOWN" FILM CLIP - Taken from "Goodnight Victoria"



"THE CROOK, THE CLOAK & THE MAIDEN" REVIEWS:



"This 6 piece have come up with an album recently that has hijacked my attention - The Crook, The Cloak and the Maiden is a proud-brooding, whiskey-fuelled, crescendo-filled piece of work."
Steph, Home & Hosed - Triple J



"The Crook, The Cloak & The Maiden is the album The Spoils have threatened to make and its a pleasure to see them realise it". Inpress Magazine



"The Spoils have crafted an impressive record without getting mired in either the wide-open past or the shadows that come with it". thevine.com.au



"Sean Simmons voice will send a shiver down your spine as he sings his stories of love, loss and desperation, his voice rich with emotion". thedwarf.com.au



"The more you listen, the more the album's dreamy flow sucks you in". Rave Magazine



"GOODNIGHT VICTORIA" REVIEWS:



"Goodnight Victoria" - Rolling Stone Magazine ****



"The delivery has all the hallmarks of a group of musicians perfectly in sync". The Sunday Age ****



"Twangy guitars, Spanish horns, violin and accordion drive Sean Simmons' Raymond Chandler-style noir tales of desperadoes, drunks and a dangerous woman". The Age, EG ***1/2



"The Spoils make the kind of music that send reviewers blind with the need to jerk off their poesy about how great it truly is". FasterLouder.Com ****



"Australia's, The Spoils have a sound that I could only describe as Nick Cave stumbling across Tom Waits mugging Marlene Dietrich in a Berlin alleyway while they're all on the way to the carnivale' ". The Empire Times



"Warmington St." and "Goodnight Victoria" show the spark the band ignites every time the voice of Sean Simmons & yearning violin of Bronwyn Henderson come together". Time-Off Magazine



"The Spoils make music that Europeans love (fact) and that Australians will by and large ignore because theyre too busy being told they love shit albums. FasterLouder.Com ****



"HURTSVILLE" REVIEWS:



One of the most impressive debuts in a long, long time THE AGE NEWSPAPER, EG ****



Its like listening to Paul Kelly because every songs a classic INPRESS, MELBOURNE



If Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds were to write the score for a Morricone film they would sound like the Spoils
MILES OF MUSIC, U.S.A



Brilliant NO DEPRESSION, U.S ALT. COUNTRY MAGAZINE ****
I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4