Recently, on my weekly pilgrimage from Capitol Hill to Scarecrow Video, my walking partner and I stopped on the University Bridge to look at the boats. It was warm out and the white sun sparkled on the dark water. That’s what Spesh sounds like to me: all fuzz, warmth, and shimmer. Though their style leans Anglophilic, immediately recalling bands like the Stone Roses and Happy Mondays, their shoegaze moments reflect the Pacific Northwest, too. “Teflon”—which vibrates with guitar and emotion—was “inspired by the drab rainy weather” of January in Seattle, when the song was written. See? All that shimmer just for you. by Jas Keimig