Spiritbox is set to release their new record Tsunami Sea today, March 7. And if you've been paying attention to the singles, then you'd know this Tsunami Sea isn't all studio magic and editing to the point of sounding completely inhuman. According to Spiritbox vocalist Courtney LaPlante in an interview with Rock Sound, that was completely intentional.
LaPlante said she feels that fans are sick and tired of everything being totally cleans up, which is fair – it's a metal record. It's not an techno record. "I think a lot of people are fed up with the perfect crystal production that is found in metalcore music right now," she said. "We love big pristine production but the physical human performance in there provided by us isn’t super edited or quantised this time around."
Guitarist Mike Stringer also touched on Spiritbox's 2023 EP The Fear Of Fear, and how that played into the eventual writing process of Tsunami Sea.
"I think doing that EP was such a cathartic experience, sonically and lyrically, but also within its concept. It was great having someone else mix it [Zakk Cervini] which meant that me and Dan [Braunstein, Co-Producer] could sit there and be creative. We were able to put ourselves fully into it and then step away from it rather than making a six-song EP our whole lives.
"Moving into this record, we knew we wanted to do it the same way except really take our time with the process and the overall writing. That's how we ended up with ten ass-beaters and then five proggy ones, and then five out-there weird shoegaze ones to choose from. It gave us such a variety."
Spiritbox will hit the road for a 24-date tour across the U.S. and Canada with Loathe, Dying Wish, and Gel as support. The tour kicks off on April 3 at South Side Ballroom in Dallas, TX, and wraps up May 10 at Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, CA. Tickets are available here.
4/3 Dallas, TX South Side Ballroom
4/4 San Antonio, TX Boeing Center at Tech Port
4/5 Houston, TX Bayou Music Center
4/7 Atlanta, GA Coca-Cola Roxy
4/8 Orlando, FL Hard Rock Live
4/11 Washington, DC MGM National Harbor
4/12 Pittsburgh, PA UPMC Events Center
4/14 Philadelphia, PA The Fillmore
4/15 Montclair, NJ The Wellmont Theater
4/18 New York, NY Hammerstein Ballroom
4/19 Boston, MA MGM Music Hall at Fenway
4/21 Montreal, QC M TELUS*
4/23 Toronto, ON Great Canadian Casino
4/25 Chicago, IL Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
4/26 Madison, WI The Sylvee
4/27 Grand Rapids, MI GLC Live at 20 Monroe
4/29 St. Louis, MO The Pageant
4/30 Des Moines, IA Vibrant Music Hall
5/2 Denver, CO Fillmore Auditorium
5/3 Salt Lake City, UT The Complex
5/6 Vancouver, BC PNE Forum
5/7 Tacoma, WA Temple Theatre
5/9 San Francisco, CA The Masonic
5/10 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Palladium
