'Future Past' sounds both classic and yet completely new; it features the most compelling elements of seventies groups yet is completely rooted in todays electronica/pop/alternative genres.

"Windblown Kiss" was a lovely way for Lovespirals to make a clear move away from the days of Love Spirals Downwards, but "Free & Easy" is the best evidence that the duo of Ryan Lum and Anji Bee is now distinctly its own creative team. With Lum's guitar playing and arranging now focused on, indeed, free and easy jazz/lounge grooves, Lovespirals here are much more in the creative vein of an act like the Thievery Corporation instead of the Cocteau Twins, say, without specifically cloning either group's sound. Bee's singing is a perfect counterpoint, a blend of classic mid-century jazz- pop flow and a bit of '60s cool in a French or Brazilian sense -- some low-key scatting here, some warm, playful crooning there. The gently hip-shaking title track kicks things off and sets the mood all at once, and from there Lovespirals work through a total of nine songs, all of a piece but each with its own gentle joys.

Lovespirals' evolutionary path has brought it down the road from gothic shoegazer pop to hypnotically provocative jazz that is, at once, sexy, sultry, and dreamy. Anji Bee possesses a voice of honey, and a natural element that adds colour and flame to songs, exploring realms of intensities in varying degrees. With Ryan Lum adding stylish guitar and keyboards to permeate the silky fabric of the new album, the lover of jazz in all of its incarnations will be quite entranced. The album's opener, "Free & Easy," begins by exuding an exhilarating blend of heady and dizzying sensuality. Ryan Lum's instrumental approach is simple and effective, wisely allowing the mood of the song to carry the listener to the album's first deliberate destination. It's followed by the sexually tense, "Hand in Hand," a musically soft in-the-moment tune of the perfection of love. Things pick up with the dance flavoured "Deep In My Soul" carried by a funky rhythm and delivered by Anji's by-now-heart-pulsing voice. "Walk Away" resembles the past of Lovespirals more readily than the other tunes but still underlines a mournful jazz that also resembles Sade. "Habitual" is one of the stronger songs on the album and reveals a melancholy brought on by the rut of sameness. The album's strongest track, the 'saved the best for last' "Sandcastles" is clearly the band's single. It has all of the elements going for it - lyrics, atmosphere, a brilliant soundtrack, that voice - that should alert a sleepy public to the dream-dripping gorgeousness of Lovespirals. Lovespirals already showcases all of the reasons that they should be this period's hip duo. What remains is for you to discover why I said it.

With a touch of soft blues and world music motifs, this entry into the smooth jazz category is a surefire hit and should appeal to a wide listening audience. The music is refreshingly   original and likeable, enjoyable in all ways. Ryan Lum is a master of guitar, his techniques fresh and pleasant, and the sensual vocals of Anji Bee perfectly reflect the high quality of the musical compositions. "Windblown Kiss" is a magical listening experience, filled with sensitivity and beautiful soft jazz sounds. Lovespirals is topnotch.

Tasteful, seductive, and intriguingly mesmerizing, Lovespirals offers up a most ecclectic smattering of jazzy musical beauty. Rivaling any current smooth jazz idol out there, this duo is sure to be heard by the jazz and easy listening mainstream before long, becoming a standard.

Lovespirals has embraced the sound of Drum n' Bass and created a masterful relationship. Their release, Estatic EP, is a combination of sexy Jazz riffs, mellow breaks, and Bee's seductive vocals. For those fans of Good Looking Records, Lovespirals could easily be found amongst their ranks in talent, and sound.