The Spring Standards

The Spring Standards
The Spring Standards at Center Plaza, Baltimore, MD, August 2011.
Background information
Origin	New York City
Genres	Folk-Rock
Years active	2008–present
Website	Official Band Web site
Members	James Cleare Heather Robb James Smith

The Spring Standards is an independent three-piece folk-rock band based in New York City.

Official Facebook Page James Cleare, Heather Robb and James Smith first sang together in the last summer of the 20th century. Having just turned 16, the three teens with a common affinity for "oldies" music and harmony spent the better part of the next 2 years playing shows around the Delaware/Pennsylvania area. Influenced as much by their parent's record collections as they were by what they heard on the radio, their style began to take shape into something a little bit both and a little bit neither. When high school graduation came along, their paths divided; years passed and things changed, but before they knew it they were all living within a few blocks of each other in New York City. The transition back into making music together was as natural as it was surprising - they happily picked up where they had left off years before, with a unique style that refuses to sit comfortably in any genre.

Cleare, Robb, and Smith are all songwriters and multi-instrumentalists. They use their strengths as a trio to create a sound that listeners might expect from a band twice their size. With an emphasis on 3-part harmony and a variety of instrumental switching, their range and energy onstage make each live show a unique event.

Before they were The Spring Standards, all three members were in Old Springs Pike along with John Gallagher Jr.. The three current members also played together in an earlier band called The Urban Wombats.

The band members are:

The Spring Standards released their first EP ‘No One Will Know’ in July 2008 which was co-produced by Rhett Miller of Old 97s and engineered by Kieran Kelly of The Buddy Project. The self-released EP found mild success in the North East leading to an appearance on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. On April 13, 2010, they self-released their first full-length album, "Would Things Be Different" produced by Bryce Goggin (Pavement, Phish, The Apples in Stereo).