{"id":10975,"date":"2012-09-07T11:33:39","date_gmt":"2012-09-07T11:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/?p=10975"},"modified":"2013-03-27T17:29:20","modified_gmt":"2013-03-27T17:29:20","slug":"cold-specks-doom-soul-faith-and-mob-wives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/2012\/09\/07\/cold-specks-doom-soul-faith-and-mob-wives\/","title":{"rendered":"COLD SPECKS: Doom soul, faith and Mob Wives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Cold Specks is Canadian singer\/songwriter Al Spx, who’s been blessed with vocals tinged with old South vibes, melting into music infused with the influence of Tom Waits and Bill Callahan. Wonderland caught up with Al to chat about the music she once called doom soul.<\/p>\n

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Your voice is so distinctive. Did you train yourself or have lessons?<\/strong><\/p>\n

No, I\u2019ve never had any vocal lessons. I\u2019ve had a couple of guitar lessons. I might start taking vocal lessons; I\u2019m not against it. I\u2019ve just never really had the chance to do it. <\/p>\n

What kicked off your singing career? <\/strong><\/p>\n

When my manager Jimmy phoned me up, who also produced the album. He was really into the songs and said, “Come over here and let\u2019s make an album, and let\u2019s try and do something with it”.<\/p>\n

What did you do before that? <\/strong><\/p>\n

I was working in a call centre and I was pretending to go to university. I dropped out but hadn\u2019t informed my parents.<\/p>\n