{"id":37587,"date":"2021-11-23T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T17:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=37587"},"modified":"2021-11-21T06:57:15","modified_gmt":"2021-11-21T11:57:15","slug":"spice-releases-the-a-better-treatment-b-w-everyone-gets-in-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=37587","title":{"rendered":"SPICE releases the &#8216;A Better Treatment b\/w Everyone Gets In&#8217; EP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Following their acclaimed\u00a0self-titled debut\u00a0last year,\u00a0SPICE\u00a0have returned with a new E.P., featuring two songs: <em>A Better Treatment<\/em> and <em>Everyone Gets In<\/em>. These new singles further refine the group\u2019s singular mix of weathered melody and abrasive poetics, equal parts bracing, bruised, and cryptic.\u00a0SPICE\u00a0singer\u00a0Ross Farrar\u00a0speaks of the band\u2019s ambition to forge a sort of aesthetic patois: a mode of expression as strikingly regional as it is recognizable. Last year\u2019s debut, released in the depths of the pandemic, fully achieved this goal, distilling decades of North Bay punk and post-hardcore into an urgent, artful set of emotive unrest.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Side A single <em>A Better Treatment<\/em> began as a song about a friend who died but through the turmoil of collaboration transformed into something more macroscopic and opaque, blurring the boundary between hopeful and defeated (\u201cI thought loving someone would cure my self-hatred\u201d). Bass and drums build against walls of guitar while the violin threads its own melancholy within the noise; Farrar is blunt about the intention: \u201c<em>The violin is an instrument of death you know.\u201d<\/em> Listen to <em>A Better Treatment<\/em> via YouTube below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WHZVZXJChiQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Side B <em>Everyone Gets In <\/em>presents a poppier and more pained side of\u00a0SPICE; it\u2019s an anthem for angst aging into the reverie of regret.\u00a0 The tempo sways too, gradually slowing to an anxious crawl before finally revving back into a storm of shimmering guitar and splashing drums, fighting against the dying of the light. It\u2019s music of raw truths and rejected pedestals, storied but unswerving, a revolt against the great regress.\u00a0 \u201cWe lose our strength \/ along the way \/ we lose each other \/ the funeral sways.\u201d The tempo sways too, gradually slowing to an anxious crawl before finally revving back into a storm of shimmering guitar and splashing drums, fighting against the dying of the light. It\u2019s music of raw truths and rejected pedestals, storied but unswerving, a revolt against the great regress: \u201cand my \/ my time is spent \/ adoring seasons \/ that I \/ I never should\u2019ve.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/indiepublicity.cmail19.com\/t\/y-l-ouhsld-itjldhidjy-i\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stream\u00a0<em>A Better Treatment B\/W Everyone Gets In\u00a0<\/em>on your preferred streaming platform here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Formed in 2018 and based across California, each member\u00a0of\u00a0SPICE\u2019s roots are in the North Bay of San Francisco. Comprised of\u00a0Ross Farrar\u00a0(vocals) and\u00a0Jake Casarotti\u00a0(drums), both of\u00a0Ceremony, along with\u00a0Cody Sullivan\u00a0(bass),\u00a0Michael Bingham\u00a0(guitar),\u00a0Ian Simpson\u00a0(guitar), and\u00a0Victoria Skudlarek\u00a0(violin),\u00a0SPICE\u2019s sound pulls from the sense of melody and drive inherent to Bay Area pedigree, peppered with modernity and awash with an anthemic haze. The hook is in the connection as much as melody, with each song building its inner narrative and exploration of affliction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Order SPICE\u2019s\u00a0\u2018<em>A Better Treatment B\/W Everyone Gets In<\/em>\u2019\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/indiepublicity.cmail19.com\/t\/y-l-ouhsld-itjldhidjy-d\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>\u00a0as it\u2019s available now on 7\u201d and digital formats\u00a0via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/indiepublicity.cmail19.com\/t\/y-l-ouhsld-itjldhidjy-h\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dais Records<\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Following their acclaimed\u00a0self-titled debut\u00a0last year,\u00a0SPICE\u00a0have returned with a new E.P., featuring two songs: A Better Treatment and Everyone Gets In. 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