But at the same time, there's a very deep sense that love is something that we do, and it is the product of our agency, both with respect to fostering a loving relationship, but also seeing and attending to another person, which is something that we do and not just something that happens to us. In many ways, the song is about that.
It's hard to imagine anyone's heart not being lifted a little by Right Back Where We Started From: the euphoric rush of new love rendered into three minutes of cod-northern soul (performed, unexpectedly, by various ex members of ELO, the Animals and 60s soft-poppers Honeybus). Avoid the 80s cover by Sinitta at all costs. A song about fresh starts for anyone who's made a new year resolution with no intention of sticking to it.
It's titled after some characteristic atmospheric hues in the Pacific Northwest, where Case mostly grew up, often left to her own devices by parents too young and damaged to care for or even really love her, as chronicled in her harrowing bestselling memoir published earlier this year. On the ninth track here, "Rusty Mountain," she sings, "Love songs mostly sound the same/ An exercise in futility, for me/ There's a few who get away with it/ They've some divergent insight I can't find."
"Spin The Block isn't just another genre experiment—it's an emotional offering that captures the sweetness of second chances and the kind of bond that can survive time and distance."