Love Spiral

Photo Cred 📷: @thejacklillian

There’s something crazy in the water over in California, but whatever’s floating in those waters produces some amazing bands. Quiet Fear, Othiel, Brahm, Clay Birds, onewaymirror, VS Self and the list goes on and on and today we’re discussing another great Cali band known as Love Spiral.

Love Spiral are relatively new to the screamo scene. Their 2023 demo blew me away and showcased some of the most unique guitar work in the genre as their peculiar version of screamo dabbles with 80s metal riffs and metalcore influences ranging from Converge to The Fall Of Troy. Add all that up with a few, quick, Primus-esque jams and we have only just begun to properly describe their truly unique sound. Their guitarist Sean says that “Tool cover started out as two separate riff systems that we sutured together somewhere in the middle, composing the transitions and some of the spacier sections together as a group. The more songs we write the more of a potluck of different ideas each song becomes.” 

Today we’re hyped to debut their new single and music video. This track was mixed by Chris at Niagara Studios and mastered by Jack Shirley. Their vocalist, Lev, had a few words to say describing the inspiration for the lyrics and how the music video was created..

“Original Tool Cover is a song that ebbs and flows with grief and hope and loss and community interwoven with the rage and strength it takes to overcome tragedy. We wrote this song after the shooting that took place at Club Q in Colorado Springs on November 19th, 2022. It is not a community that we are apart of, but the ripples of loss absolutely touched our own.”

"AS MARGINALIZED PEOPLE, WE ARE SO OFTEN LEFT TO OUR OWN DEVICES IN CARING FOR OURSELVES AND ENSURING OUR OWN PATHS TO LEAD FULL AND FULFILLING LIVES, IF STOMPING ON THE FACES OF OUR OPRESSORS IS WHAT IT TAKES TO BE HEARD, THEN THAT IS WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE". 

LEV - @lovespiralband

This single was recorded by our friend Chris (@tendersender_) and will be on a soon-to-be-recorded future full-length album, sharing the spot with newly recorded versions of our 2023 demo. The music video is an artfully crafted collection of clips of live shows from a local videographer Chris, (@one_dozen_cats), as well as sweet moments from our mini-tour with Whine. This band has received nothing but incredible support from our friends and community, whether it's in the form of art, recording, or just showing up, so it felt fitting to have a DIY moments compilation.

We eagerly anticipate the full length album coming out soon. Until then checkout the lyrics and video below.

You don't deserve to suffer the cruelties of hate
Our only agenda is to live an average life
Full of laughter and love
With a way to fight
You don't deserve to suffer the cruelties of hate

I call on our people
To resist the fear
That terror walking inside
Shove it down to the ground
And stomp its lights out

None of my friends knew they would live past twenty
And that fills me with hot white rage and fury
These souls deserve to make it to eternity

The silver lining
Is that together, we grow stronger

Checkout their bandcamp here : Love Spiral

Writer : @just_reidz

Editor : @letsgetpivotal

06/05/24