Swedish shoegaze/alternative rock band Spunsugar is returning with their new single "It Never Gave Me Anything” today, taken from their forthcoming second album "A Hole Forever" releasing on 17th November 2023. Get ready for a swirling storm.
Artist: Spunsugar
Single: It Never Gave Me Anything
Release date: August 18
Single taken from forthcoming album ”A Hole Forever” out November 17.
Label: Adrian Recordings
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/0FLEd83WAGkcgGMBVaJ4a9?si=0PJhmn7KQkSgfHE0n_2_cg
iTunes: https://music.apple.com/se/album/it-never-gave-me-anything-single/1696090812
Tidal: https://tidal.com/browse/album/303514180
Bandcamp: https://spunsugar.bandcamp.com/album/it-never-gave-me-anything
iTunes: https://music.apple.com/se/album/it-never-gave-me-anything-single/1696090812
Tidal: https://tidal.com/browse/album/303514180
Bandcamp: https://spunsugar.bandcamp.com/album/it-never-gave-me-anything
“If we were to list our favorite discoveries of the year, Sweden’s Spunsugar would likely be on it.”
The Revue
The Revue
“Spunsugar combines celestial shoegaze with a harrowing subject.”
The Line of Best Fit
The Line of Best Fit
”Spunsugar’s dark, exciting and head on take on shoegaze, and comprise an overall strong debut which has broken new ground for the band’s future.”
Destroy//Exist
Destroy//Exist
Photo credit: David Möller
The inclusion of classic shoegaze elements, such as raucous glide guitar, grimy bass, and pounding drum beats, nostalgically transport the listener back to the 90s. However, the band provides a modern touch to the genre with their unique fusion of electronic, post-punk, and pop components. Over the hazy instrumental lies a darker storyline that is meant to mystify the listener.
The band said, “"It Never Gave Me Anything" describes a relationship between a person and an unwanted side of themselves. This side is so unlike how they want to be that they treat them as a separate entity, maybe even a person. It has always been there, ruining moments, talking to them and making sure that they never forget that it is present. A seemingly never ending list of things this ‘it’ is responsible for is recited over a pulsating beat and bass riff that is both ominous and groovy at the same time. This paired with a wall of distorted guitars that show up in the bridges and choruses, creates a song that makes you question what mood the song leaves you with. As is typical of the band, the song plays with what emotion, as well as which genre, it evokes.”
Growing up farmer offsprings, bible belt kids of fundamentalists and trailer trash in small towns of Sweden, Spunsugar are based in Malmö, Sweden and consist of band members Cordelia Moreau, Elin Ramstedt and Felix Sjöström.. Each member carries a separate musical background, leading to a melting pot of their distinct influences. Some of the group’s most cherished artists are Cocteau Twins, Red House Painters, Hole, Electric Youth, Ramones,and Misfits.
Spunsugar dropped their critically acclaimed debut album "Drive-Through Chapel" in 2020 and aan EP "Things That I Confuse" in 2021, leading to an abundance of media support from Steve Lamacq at BBC Radio 6 Music, The Independent, The Line of Best Fit, Nothing but Hope and Passion, and more. They recently released a single titled ‘Skin Unwell’ on 14th June 2023 that has set the tone for the band’s impending electrifying releases.
Their new LP "A Hole Forever" will further discuss dense topics and expose the realities of coming to terms with internal shame. The album tackles themes about getting older and confessing dark secrets with the mindset that life is a slow death.
Spunsugar’s single edit of ‘It Never Gave Me Anything’ is set to be released on 18th August 2023 in anticipation of their album ‘A Hole Forever,’ dropping on 17th November 2023.
Adrian Recordings
Sweden
magnus@adrianrecordings.com
Sweden
magnus@adrianrecordings.com
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