Eternal Blue

Description

Having a hit song is one thing, but backing up that success in a sustainable manner is something else entirely. Tales of bands eaten up and spat out by the music industry after failing to build on early promise are commonplace, and its that fear of failure, of not living up to the hype, that can crush artists and stifle their creativity before theyve had the chance to truly blossom. But thats not the case for Spiritbox.

The release of the single Holy Roller by the Canadian metal three-piece in July of 2020 was a runaway success. Now, Spiritbox unleash their debut album Eternal Blue, a record thats intelligent, ambitious and, most importantly, uniquely theirs. All the things that made Holy Roller and previous, well-received single Blessed Be so special fierce intensity, unwavering emotion and technical splendor are present across Eternal Blue, but the formula is never once repeated. Whether its the rapturous metal chug of opening track Sun Killer or the ambient melodies of album closer and recent single Constance, each of Eternal Blues 12 tracks bring something fresh to the table.

Inspired by a computer virus to which the album owes its name, the phrase Eternal Blue took on a new life and conjured all manner of images in vocalist Courtney LaPlantes mind, which in turn inspired the songs. It very much became its own thing for me, she says. Its like, yeah, I feel eternally blue, and sometimes I feel like Im in a totally depressed world. Hearing the words Eternal Blue made me think of a world where the sun died, and the planet was slowly dying with it. From there, an array of images formed in my mind, and the songs grew into something bigger.