The Gandharvas burst onto the Canadian alternative rock scene in 1994 with their debut, A Soap Bubble and Inertia, largely on the strength of the first track, "The First Day of Spring." Opening as a languid, dreamy pop song, it soon builds to an explosive rock crescendo, with vocals (by Paul Jago) bearing a striking similarity to Perry Farrell's work with Jane's Addiction and Porno for Pyros.
The song became a massive Canadian hit for the band.
Unfortunately, its impact also manages to overshadow (and set an impossibly high standard for) the rest of the disc.
While there are other solid tracks on A Soap Bubble and Inertia (including the light, bouncy pop of "The Coffee Song" and the dark menacing rock of "Bundle"), nothing else on A Soap Bubble and Inertia manages to scale the same heights as "The First Day of Spring.".
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The First Day of Spring | The Gandharvas | Play | 04:25 | 10 MB | 29 MB |
| 2 | Saturn Quits Fasting | The Gandharvas | Play | 03:58 | 9 MB | 27 MB |
| 3 | The Coffee Song | The Gandharvas | Play | 03:20 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 4 | Bundle | The Gandharvas | Play | 04:20 | 9 MB | 26 MB |
| 5 | Beakfulls of Heroin | The Gandharvas | Play | 04:48 | 11 MB | 33 MB |
| 6 | Shadow | The Gandharvas | Play | 04:40 | 10 MB | 27 MB |
| 7 | The Supreme Personality | The Gandharvas | Play | 04:18 | 9 MB | 28 MB |
| 8 | Dallying | The Gandharvas | Play | 04:24 | 10 MB | 27 MB |
| 9 | Cans | The Gandharvas | Play | 02:54 | 6 MB | 18 MB |
| 10 | Soap Bubble Meets Inertia | The Gandharvas | Play | 08:02 | 18 MB | 44 MB |
| 11 | Elevator Bugs | The Gandharvas | Play | 03:12 | 7 MB | 16 MB |
| 12 | Circus Song | The Gandharvas | Play | 02:40 | 6 MB | 13 MB |
| 51 mins | 117 MB | |||||
| 51 mins | 315 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Gandharvas | Primary Artist |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |