{"id":42359,"date":"2025-11-17T13:47:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T12:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/?p=42359"},"modified":"2025-11-17T14:32:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T13:32:24","slug":"the-dreaming-spires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/2025\/11\/the-dreaming-spires\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dreaming Spires"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\" lang=\"NL-NL\" xml:lang=\"NL-NL\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-42360\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/a2795597223_16.jpg?resize=200%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/a2795597223_16.jpg?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/a2795597223_16.jpg?resize=75%2C75&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/a2795597223_16.jpg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/thedreamingspires.co.uk\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\">The <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW185348176 BCX8\">Dreaming<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW185348176 BCX8\">Spires<\/span><\/a><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\"> is niet zo&#8217;n bekende band in het americanawereldje. Maar de gi<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\">ta<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\">rist<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\">\/zanger van dit Engelse gezelschap<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\">, Rob<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\">in<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW185348176 BCX8\">Bennett<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\">,<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\">geniet wel enige bekendheid<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\">, in elk geval hier op de redactie. Want hij is de <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW185348176 BCX8\">Bennett<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\"> in <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW185348176 BCX8\">Bennett<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\"> Wilson Poole, wier twee albums <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\">zeer gewaardeerd werden in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/?s=bennett+wilson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recensies op deze site<\/a>. <\/span><strong><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW185348176 BCX8\">Norma<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW185348176 BCX8\">l<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\"> Town<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\"> (<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW185348176 BCX8\">Clubhouse<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\"> Records)<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\"> is het derde album van <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\">The <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW185348176 BCX8\">Dreaming<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW185348176 BCX8\">Spires<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\">.<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\">N<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\">aast Robin <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW185348176 BCX8\">Bennett<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\"> (zang, gitaar)<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\"> bestaat <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\">de band <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\">uit zijn broer Joe Bennet<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\"> (zang, bas en andere instrumenten)<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\">, Jamie <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\">Dawson (drums),<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\"> Tom <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW185348176 BCX8\">Collinso<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW185348176 BCX8\">n<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\"> (toetsen) en Nick <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW185348176 BCX8\">Fowler<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\">(gitaar)<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\">.<!--more--><\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\"> Het idee voor het titelnummer kwam nadat <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW185348176 BCX8\">Didcot<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\">, een stadje gelegen tussen Oxford en Londen, waar een deel van de band vandaan komt, was uitgeroepen tot het ultieme normale stadje van Engeland. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\">Het album opent met dit nummer en het is fantastisch. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\">Heerlijke melancholie, waar alleen een band als The Blue Nile het patent op lijkt te hebben.<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\">In het wat meer rockende <\/span><em><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW185348176 BCX8\">Normalisation<\/span><\/em><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\"> wordt de normalisatie van de opgeklopte haat aan de kaa<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\">k gesteld. Ze leggen zich er niet bij neer: <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\">We are <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW185348176 BCX8\">the<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\"> protectors <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW185348176 BCX8\">and<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW185348176 BCX8\">they<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW185348176 BCX8\">shall<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW185348176 BCX8\">not<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\"> pass. Gelukkig maar. <\/span><em><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW185348176 BCX8\">Cooling<\/span><\/em><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\"><em> Towers<\/em> gaat over het neerhalen van de koeltorens van de nabijgelegen energiecentrale en op het <em>21th <\/em><\/span><em><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW185348176 BCX8\">Century<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\"> Light <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW185348176 BCX8\">Industri<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW185348176 BCX8\">al<\/span><\/em><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\"><em> Park<\/em> hebben de leden van de band<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\">, tot hun verdriet,<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\">allemaal ooit wel eens gewerkt. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\">Ook <em>Stolen <\/em><\/span><em><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW185348176 BCX8\">Car<\/span><\/em><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\"> en <\/span><em><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW185348176 BCX8\">Faraway<\/span><\/em><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\"><em> Blue Skies<\/em> zijn heerlijke songs met rinkelende gitaren en mooie koortjes. Dan zit de eerste helft van het album erop. Gek genoeg sijpelt de energie op het tweede deel van de plaat wat weg, hoewel het afsluitende <em>Real Lives<\/em> wel een mooi rustig liedje is. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185348176 BCX8\">Jammer, want die eerste zes nummers zijn echt heel goed. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW185348176 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WLY2xe9KB1Q?si=RRBYf6Wm_bC6yUaq\" width=\"470\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dreaming Spires is niet zo&#8217;n bekende band in het americanawereldje. Maar de gitarist\/zanger van dit Engelse gezelschap, Robin Bennett, geniet wel enige bekendheid, in elk geval hier op de redactie. Want hij is de Bennett in Bennett Wilson Poole, wier twee albums zeer gewaardeerd werden in recensies op deze site. Normal Town (Clubhouse Records) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recensies"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42359"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42364,"href":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42359\/revisions\/42364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}