I’ll be honest, I wasn’t the biggest fan of Spiritbox at first, and I think it’s just because I didn’t get it. It was something new, a blend of different influences, but completely fresh all at the same time. Over time, though, they grew on me, and are probably one of my favorite bands currently. This song... This was MASSIVE.
Same as me. I've listened to their songs and always thought if Courtney belted the songs would have a bigger feel to it. But then I realise that it's actually perfect the way it is. Definitely one of my top bands right now.
100% agree with you guys on Courtney being a next level person in this industry. She's just on another level. We gotta need more of this good bands because of the talent, and less bands on the "just a purposely good looking chick with some musicians on the back side" kind of band. Congrats to Spiritbox on their talent. This song was on repeat all day long for me. I LOVE this pop-catchy "blessed be"'ish vibe in it and those damn riffs man... And this damn Breakdown! Chills all day. What a friday guys. Love your content!
That breakdown though!??! How can a female be able to go from that amazing scream, that awesome voice!??? She’s the shizzzznitttt!!! Love me some Courtney! 🖤 🖤 🖤
Courtney is an equal to Tatiana from Jinjer, and I love that the field of female vocalists like them is growing and they are finally getting the attention they deserve
A lot of the ambient elements in this song remind me of Lost Forever // Lost Together era from Architects, the track Cancer comes to mind but this song is a fucking banger.
I remember back maybe two years ago Courtney and Mike said in a podcast/interview that the reason Spiritbox was so different from their work in IWABO or their previous bands was they are getting older and this is now the kinda music that really resonates with them. I've had such a similar experience in my aging (i'm now 35) where I grew up listening to really complex and fast paced music that often resembled a riff salad rather than an emotive, fleshed out song. Although this song could have used a guitar solo right before the breakdown...I still really enjoyed it. I do think Blessed Be was a slightly stronger track...but I enjoy this song and love the big open chords on the chorus with the light lead line over the top. The end of the song is definitely the highlight for me. When her vocals get an almost crowd chant sound with multiple layers and Mike's layering in leads under it its good shit. Super stoked for this record and their future. I know some like the more proggy tracks from their older EPs but Im really enjoying this more mature and emotive style they've got going now
Yeah this track is definitely more... formulaic? And I don't mean that to knock it. It's just that the structure is fairly conventional. I'm definitely interested what the rest of the album ends up sounding like because I'm wondering how it will average out. We've got "Holy Roller" on the heavy end and "Constance" on the "light" end, so average on the general mood is somewhere around this or "Rule of Nines." As for technical instrumentation, "Constance" sounds like their recent peak, and it kept away from the whole verse>chorus>verse>chorus>breakdown>chorus thing a bit as well. Though none of it has been as prog as the first EP. It's not going to upset me too much if none of that comes back, though I'd like to see it return in some form. I do really like this song and "Blessed Be" but I don't want it to become predictable. They've shown the emotional/mood range with these last four singles, and I had a feeling this one would return to balance after the juxtaposition of "Holy Roller" and "Constance," so hopefully next they'll show us how creative they can be in that middle ground they spend most of their time in.
@@AdamMcCann1178 agreed. I do think this song was a little....safe? formulaic is fair as well. The material they put into the formula was great but I don't want them to fall into the "radio format" too hard.
Yo! You dudes are great! Real love for music and "the scene" as it were. You're assessment of this song is spot on. Just wanted to chime in on :Courtneys heavy vocals bit: You should watch their studio footage and pay attention to "the way" she sings the heavy vocals. There's like, little to NO strain in her neck and like, "head voice". Shes doing it great AND in a way that has *longevity*. You look at the likes of other contemporary metal vocalists and most of them can't scream the way they used too. You've no doubt heard fans say "oh, their softer now". I'm willing to bet good money that she'll be able to be this flexible vocalist for a good long while. Thank you for coming to my TED talk. I look forward to be introduced to some bands by you guys in the future as well as hearing/enjoying music we all here. love so very much! -Cheers from NY
Does anyone else get an Architects vibe with the breakdown? It sound very similar to Modern Misery breakdown to me. Great song though! Loving these reactions too lads.
Love this track, all their new songs are wicked. Have you guys heard Aviations, Outliers (retrospect)? Outstanding progressive metal, one of the best displays of composition and musicianship you will ever hear.
Love from Sheffield, UK. Great song, great reaction, interesting comments afterwards delivered in easy to listen to 'Straya accents. All the best lads! If I may ask, what part of Aussieland are you lads from?
If you liked this i can recommend Darko - Daniel. Last time you did a Darko reaction you didn't get the deathcore feel and on this particular track courtney is also a feature so that's a 2 for 1 deal right there!
Lol the end! I just keep on watching these reaction videos. They are so talented. I have had them on loop these days. “She’s basically God….” Haha I’ll give it to you… And PS love me some Rule of Nines 🖤
You should check our Red Handed Denial: Clock work for more sick female vocals, Lauren Babic is amazing. Also her band CrazyEightyEight Nitroglycerin is amazing
Cheeky bastards taking down the first vid (guessing it was for audio) You listen to Courtney's one take videos from start of last year then you listen to the Spiritbox Sirius XM set from the start of this year, Courtney has been doing a metric buttload of work on her vocals to make them even more powerful and her growls even deeper. Can't argue with a music vid in 4K either, that was an experience! Love this band, Mike the guitarist is an absolute riffy, groovy beast. My only issue with this song is that it has released on the same day as Gojira's album and Gojira's The Chant just refuses to leave my head. Either way, this song deserves a dual nipple salute.
We get so many requests dude and apart from that have our own we decide to do. We both have jobs so sometimes time is pretty limited, but we will definitely try to look at those and squeeze them in somewhere. Jinjer have been requested quite a bit, just hanging for something new.
@@johnnyneedham9831 When you get to them, you will not be disappointed! Not trying to be pushy. Was honestly a bit surprised and wanted to binge your reactions to them. I'll still be here when you get to them. Cheers!
you have probably been told about JINJER - Pisces but I can't see a reaction on your list, give it a go my dudes, just don't do any research before hand
Her ability to scream is so fucking great! She's just so great, whether cleans or screams, it's just all amazing. Obviously the band is great, but I'm still blown away by her voice. Though I don't know that her being a woman needs to be, like, forefront in the discussion of how amazing she is. Woman can scream as well as men, whether or not the person's biology tends to allow for lower or higher screams. Regardless of what she is "naturally" able to do, her skill and talent and hard work have allowed her to fucking annihilate those vocals, no matter the subject or setting.
Awesome reaction mates - Courtney is Queen! Please check out this German Postcore band 'Chiffre' when you have a moment & react too if you can ua-cam.com/video/qfL1ee2zChk/v-deo.html the song is 'Astatos' & I think the video is spot on great as well as the song.
I request Pisces (live session) by Jinjer, the only other screamer chick I would love to see do a duet with Courtney. You’ll see why 😄 Please give it a react vid u won’t be disappointed
They probably know about Jinjer already ..but good if they do react to some Jinjer songs. I feel like I'm the winner cause some people have preference to either jinjer or Spiritbox but in my case I love both bands. Both are amazing.. really skilled musicians and strong,smart women on vocals. Btw Tatiana and Courtney are friends.
Holy crap, you guys are missing JINJER on your channel!? If you like Spiritbox, which it seems you do, totally give JINJER a listen...song really doesn't matter, live versions preferred tbh
@@johnnyneedham9831 They are wrapping up a new album currently set to release later this year, though we did get an EP, LP, and Live album all since 2019 already.
By their standards, this is fairly bland. A bit disappointing tbh. Nothing's bad, it's just not as good as they can be (and have been). Heavy sections and that last rendition of the chorus were easily the most interesting parts. As someone who likes the material from their EPs it's also a bit underwhelming to get a 5th successive single that fits an obvious verse-chorus structure. Their willingness not to adhere to conventional structure was a big part of their appeal pre-Rule of Nines. Their stuff since then is still good, even excellent in the case of Rule of Nines and Blessed Be, but it'd be a shame if that adventure and experimentalism were to be lost from their sound. On her vocal depth, from what I've seen in a couple of interviews, she's got a fairly deep speaking voice for a woman which must have something to do with why she's able to get to a lower harsh reigister than many female vocalists who step into the harsh/screamed world (says someone who is in no way a vocal coach or other relevant expert).
Agree with everything you said. Both video and song were very uninspired to me. The song structure was the most predictable as well, her cleans during the heavier section at the end was good. I don’t think her voice has anything to do with her lows though, I mean, Tatiana from Jinjer has one of the most feminine speaking voices but has the lowest, most insane growls out there.
I can totally see where you’re coming from, but one thing to keep in mind is that this is a single, so I dare say there’ll be some more proggy spaz core type moments mixed through the album
@@johnnyneedham9831 Which is fair, a band doing a more mass appeal single is hardly a unique phenomenon. I don't even need them to be super proggy and technical, I just really adore when they don't stick to a conventional structure which is pretty much everything they did pre-Rule of Nines. This now marks a 5th successive release where they've adhered to the convention and that's where the worry starts to creep in that they might have re-oriented their song writing. It could prove to be absolutely ill-founded when the album drops.
Glad you guys dig it!
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God bless Rise Records just letting these guys do their thing.
@@AycliffeGardens I wholeheartedly agree.
Who doesn't?? When is the album coming out??? 😂
Can you guys please give this band to Roadrunner or a different label? You really don't deserve them... No joke.
Courtney is the Howard Jones of female vocalists. Her voice is so soothing.
First time I've ever seen this comparison, and I'm going to start using it now. You couldn't be more correct
never has a truer statement been made. kudos to you
@@xxShadowxx-dy2wo @TyJM0 Thank you both for the kind words 8)
You're damn right!
BRO I SWEAR TO GOD, I was just thinking how awesome her and Howard would make an awesome collaboration like 10 minutes ago
Nathan couldn't have said ''The song started misleadingly heavy from the rest of the song'' at a more perfect moment.
This song gave me chills beyond belief and it took every fiber of my being not to headbang in the breakroom at work.
Same! Trying so hard not to freak out at my desk!
Aye me too. Breakroom crew 🤘🏻
@@shannanosnower6170 🤘
Yep watched it on my lunch and did a quick nipple rub out of enjoyment
I don’t get it. EVERY SINGLE SONG they drop is flawless. Damnnn I love this band so much!!
Same
I’ll be honest, I wasn’t the biggest fan of Spiritbox at first, and I think it’s just because I didn’t get it. It was something new, a blend of different influences, but completely fresh all at the same time. Over time, though, they grew on me, and are probably one of my favorite bands currently. This song... This was MASSIVE.
I feel the exact same way! Wasn't feeling it at first, but holy shit was I wrong.
Same as me. I've listened to their songs and always thought if Courtney belted the songs would have a bigger feel to it. But then I realise that it's actually perfect the way it is. Definitely one of my top bands right now.
Blessed Be never leaves my head. Definitely deserve every bit of hype they get.
Constance is always in my head
I honestly didn't think I would ever get Blessed Be out of my head then I heard this.
100% agree with you guys on Courtney being a next level person in this industry. She's just on another level. We gotta need more of this good bands because of the talent, and less bands on the "just a purposely good looking chick with some musicians on the back side" kind of band. Congrats to Spiritbox on their talent. This song was on repeat all day long for me. I LOVE this pop-catchy "blessed be"'ish vibe in it and those damn riffs man... And this damn Breakdown! Chills all day. What a friday guys. Love your content!
Spiritbox gonna be AOTY, I can already sense it 🤘🤘
Truer words never spoken
They'll give Erra a run for their money for sure
@@drabyn8594 I adore Erra but Spiritbox Is truly something next level.
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That breakdown though!??! How can a female be able to go from that amazing scream, that awesome voice!??? She’s the shizzzznitttt!!! Love me some Courtney! 🖤 🖤 🖤
It’s like we said, she’s essentially god hahaha
Courtney is an equal to Tatiana from Jinjer, and I love that the field of female vocalists like them is growing and they are finally getting the attention they deserve
Spiritbox never disappoints. Wow!
They keep getting better! Her vocals are on another level, I had chills the entire song.
This band...is PHENOMENAL
YES. New Spiritbox is the most exciting i've been for new music in quite a long while.. it's just banger after banger every time
A song so good you’d never want it to end. I adore it.
Every song Spiritbox drops feels absolutely vital and there's no signs of then slowing down. It's truly exciting to watch them grow!
the *pauses music*....... "I love her...." hahaha I felt that bro, same haha
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5:11 man having an eargasm 😂
I can only imagine that this one tickled your collective fancies
You know it did
A lot of the ambient elements in this song remind me of Lost Forever // Lost Together era from Architects, the track Cancer comes to mind but this song is a fucking banger.
Spiritbox: we are gona release a new song.
The Break Down with Nath & Johnny: we already have a video.
🤣🤣🤣 we don’t fuck around
I remember back maybe two years ago Courtney and Mike said in a podcast/interview that the reason Spiritbox was so different from their work in IWABO or their previous bands was they are getting older and this is now the kinda music that really resonates with them. I've had such a similar experience in my aging (i'm now 35) where I grew up listening to really complex and fast paced music that often resembled a riff salad rather than an emotive, fleshed out song. Although this song could have used a guitar solo right before the breakdown...I still really enjoyed it. I do think Blessed Be was a slightly stronger track...but I enjoy this song and love the big open chords on the chorus with the light lead line over the top. The end of the song is definitely the highlight for me. When her vocals get an almost crowd chant sound with multiple layers and Mike's layering in leads under it its good shit. Super stoked for this record and their future. I know some like the more proggy tracks from their older EPs but Im really enjoying this more mature and emotive style they've got going now
Yeah this track is definitely more... formulaic? And I don't mean that to knock it. It's just that the structure is fairly conventional. I'm definitely interested what the rest of the album ends up sounding like because I'm wondering how it will average out. We've got "Holy Roller" on the heavy end and "Constance" on the "light" end, so average on the general mood is somewhere around this or "Rule of Nines." As for technical instrumentation, "Constance" sounds like their recent peak, and it kept away from the whole verse>chorus>verse>chorus>breakdown>chorus thing a bit as well. Though none of it has been as prog as the first EP. It's not going to upset me too much if none of that comes back, though I'd like to see it return in some form. I do really like this song and "Blessed Be" but I don't want it to become predictable. They've shown the emotional/mood range with these last four singles, and I had a feeling this one would return to balance after the juxtaposition of "Holy Roller" and "Constance," so hopefully next they'll show us how creative they can be in that middle ground they spend most of their time in.
@@AdamMcCann1178 agreed. I do think this song was a little....safe? formulaic is fair as well. The material they put into the formula was great but I don't want them to fall into the "radio format" too hard.
First song I ever heard by them. Definitely one of my favs so far. Love your show guys. 🤘🤘🤘🤘
The Mara Effect performance live at Silver Side Stuido.
Not sure if you've meant this, but your background lighting is super similar stylistically to the Blessed Be video and I can't unsee it
Hahaha that just happens to be how my lounge room looks
This is their best song, combined in deliverence, intense vocal intent, passion, and moral of lyrics!
I go back to these videos and re-watch to gain some serotonin, Keep doing what you guys are doing
LOVE this
One of the greatest metal bands to ever exist.. Glad you enjoyed it!
Just subbed to y'alls channel, now I'm bingewatching your videos! 🤘🤘🤘
fckn amazing! this song is so powerful! love it
Hay guys, check out japans answer to spirit box. NEMOPHILA, with the song DISSENSION.
I love this song so much but from the breakdown, through to that last chorus gives me goosebumps every time, such a talented singer 🔥
Yo! You dudes are great! Real love for music and "the scene" as it were. You're assessment of this song is spot on. Just wanted to chime in on :Courtneys heavy vocals bit:
You should watch their studio footage and pay attention to "the way" she sings the heavy vocals. There's like, little to NO strain in her neck and like, "head voice". Shes doing it great AND in a way that has *longevity*. You look at the likes of other contemporary metal vocalists and most of them can't scream the way they used too. You've no doubt heard fans say "oh, their softer now". I'm willing to bet good money that she'll be able to be this flexible vocalist for a good long while.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk. I look forward to be introduced to some bands by you guys in the future as well as hearing/enjoying music we all here. love so very much! -Cheers from NY
Welcome to the team friend!
Does anyone else get an Architects vibe with the breakdown? It sound very similar to Modern Misery breakdown to me.
Great song though!
Loving these reactions too lads.
Yeah I hear that! And thank you 🙏🏼
I love her too man!
Wonderful. Absolutely beautiful! She's insane.
This song reminds me some architects vibes. I like your reaction for this. Keep it up guys! 🔥🔥🔥
This is a insperational and beautiful song
Love this track, all their new songs are wicked. Have you guys heard Aviations, Outliers (retrospect)? Outstanding progressive metal, one of the best displays of composition and musicianship you will ever hear.
I have indeed heard that band! Very good.
You got a new subscriber! Live your content.
This song got me into metal
Another banger track by them Spirit Box!
Her Range in what she could do with her voice is far from normal!
Literally not from this planet!!!
Love from Sheffield, UK. Great song, great reaction, interesting comments afterwards delivered in easy to listen to 'Straya accents. All the best lads!
If I may ask, what part of Aussieland are you lads from?
Thank you! We’re from just north of Sydney!
Love the evolution of metal.
Great review of the song. I would love to hear your comments about Trivium, starting with “The Sin & the Sentence”.
Do you boys know Gloom In The Corner? If not you have to check them out. They are an amazing Aussie band!
Me and Johnny gonna have to fight for Courtney’s love here soon hahahahahaha
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Who doesn't love this band?
Love this song! You guys need to check out Cane Hill, they just did a new song Blood and Honey!!!
Well somebodies in love 🥰
More jinjer!! And yea sion- the blade!!
We’ve done sion, look down the list
Ya'll should check out Alex Melton's "If Blink-182 wrote 'Don't Stop Belivin'"
If you liked this i can recommend Darko - Daniel. Last time you did a Darko reaction you didn't get the deathcore feel and on this particular track courtney is also a feature so that's a 2 for 1 deal right there!
Idk if you guys have check out a band named jinjer yet, but definitely give it a listen.
Lol the end! I just keep on watching these reaction videos.
They are so talented. I have had them on loop these days.
“She’s basically God….” Haha I’ll give it to you…
And PS love me some Rule of Nines 🖤
Hahahahahahah love it
You should check our Red Handed Denial: Clock work for more sick female vocals, Lauren Babic is amazing. Also her band CrazyEightyEight Nitroglycerin is amazing
Babic make me do a cringe
"She's basically GOD". Couldn't have said it better!
Cheeky bastards taking down the first vid (guessing it was for audio) You listen to Courtney's one take videos from start of last year then you listen to the Spiritbox Sirius XM set from the start of this year, Courtney has been doing a metric buttload of work on her vocals to make them even more powerful and her growls even deeper. Can't argue with a music vid in 4K either, that was an experience! Love this band, Mike the guitarist is an absolute riffy, groovy beast. My only issue with this song is that it has released on the same day as Gojira's album and Gojira's The Chant just refuses to leave my head. Either way, this song deserves a dual nipple salute.
That video doesn't get noticed at all. No idea if it was due to Covid or they used better production setup but it was amazing.
Haunted metal. 😎🤘
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I know this is six months old but they just dropped a one take version video, you both need to see that to understand how good Courtney is..
You guys should react to blood eagle by periphery!
Little old now but they are recording at the moment!
@@johnnyneedham9831 misha’s new single would be cool also!
Termination - the devil wears prada!
she dyed her hair with blue gushers for this video
Hello, more lovebites plz, try holywar or swan song or we the united live, thx
You guys should reacto to Jinjer!
Have y’all ever reacted to jinjer??? HIGHLY RECOMMEND
If you wanna check out a Courtney feature, you have to check Daze of June Feat. Courtney LaPlante - Hypnos. Worth a listen for sure!
Yellowjacket reaction next please!
They’re a solid band but I’m like wowwwed by them. I really like them tho
Also the chorus sounds like the weekend wrote that melody
How is it you've not done Jinjer or Unleash the Archers?
We get so many requests dude and apart from that have our own we decide to do. We both have jobs so sometimes time is pretty limited, but we will definitely try to look at those and squeeze them in somewhere. Jinjer have been requested quite a bit, just hanging for something new.
@@johnnyneedham9831 When you get to them, you will not be disappointed! Not trying to be pushy. Was honestly a bit surprised and wanted to binge your reactions to them. I'll still be here when you get to them. Cheers!
Jinjer Judgement & Punishment Tatiana one take.
you have probably been told about JINJER - Pisces but I can't see a reaction on your list, give it a go my dudes, just don't do any research before hand
You guys should check out Jinjer if you like women growling.
Her ability to scream is so fucking great! She's just so great, whether cleans or screams, it's just all amazing. Obviously the band is great, but I'm still blown away by her voice. Though I don't know that her being a woman needs to be, like, forefront in the discussion of how amazing she is. Woman can scream as well as men, whether or not the person's biology tends to allow for lower or higher screams. Regardless of what she is "naturally" able to do, her skill and talent and hard work have allowed her to fucking annihilate those vocals, no matter the subject or setting.
You boys need to check out Katadhin - No longer room for us.
React Anitta Vai Malandra
Already did
Just not enough volume! This has to be jammed!!
Awesome reaction mates - Courtney is Queen! Please check out this German Postcore band 'Chiffre' when you have a moment & react too if you can ua-cam.com/video/qfL1ee2zChk/v-deo.html the song is 'Astatos' & I think the video is spot on great as well as the song.
I request Pisces (live session) by Jinjer, the only other screamer chick I would love to see do a duet with Courtney. You’ll see why 😄 Please give it a react vid u won’t be disappointed
They probably know about Jinjer already ..but good if they do react to some Jinjer songs.
I feel like I'm the winner cause some people have preference to either jinjer or Spiritbox but in my case I love both bands. Both are amazing.. really skilled musicians and strong,smart women on vocals. Btw Tatiana and Courtney are friends.
w8 no wording joke?
Trying to figure out who her voice reminds me of...why the fuck does it remind me of happy feet’s mom lmao
Holy crap, you guys are missing JINJER on your channel!? If you like Spiritbox, which it seems you do, totally give JINJER a listen...song really doesn't matter, live versions preferred tbh
We’ve had a few requests for jinjer, just waiting for something new potentially!
@@johnnyneedham9831 They are wrapping up a new album currently set to release later this year, though we did get an EP, LP, and Live album all since 2019 already.
Nathan getting too swoll
Again? Ahaha
The original we had an issue with the audio
@@johnnyneedham9831 yeah i know man, i was just joking:)
By their standards, this is fairly bland. A bit disappointing tbh. Nothing's bad, it's just not as good as they can be (and have been). Heavy sections and that last rendition of the chorus were easily the most interesting parts.
As someone who likes the material from their EPs it's also a bit underwhelming to get a 5th successive single that fits an obvious verse-chorus structure. Their willingness not to adhere to conventional structure was a big part of their appeal pre-Rule of Nines. Their stuff since then is still good, even excellent in the case of Rule of Nines and Blessed Be, but it'd be a shame if that adventure and experimentalism were to be lost from their sound.
On her vocal depth, from what I've seen in a couple of interviews, she's got a fairly deep speaking voice for a woman which must have something to do with why she's able to get to a lower harsh reigister than many female vocalists who step into the harsh/screamed world (says someone who is in no way a vocal coach or other relevant expert).
Agree with everything you said. Both video and song were very uninspired to me. The song structure was the most predictable as well, her cleans during the heavier section at the end was good. I don’t think her voice has anything to do with her lows though, I mean, Tatiana from Jinjer has one of the most feminine speaking voices but has the lowest, most insane growls out there.
This is def in the category of radio rock done well and I’m all for it
I can totally see where you’re coming from, but one thing to keep in mind is that this is a single, so I dare say there’ll be some more proggy spaz core type moments mixed through the album
@@gbrl433 "Radio rock" bruh
@@johnnyneedham9831 Which is fair, a band doing a more mass appeal single is hardly a unique phenomenon. I don't even need them to be super proggy and technical, I just really adore when they don't stick to a conventional structure which is pretty much everything they did pre-Rule of Nines. This now marks a 5th successive release where they've adhered to the convention and that's where the worry starts to creep in that they might have re-oriented their song writing. It could prove to be absolutely ill-founded when the album drops.
Bold choice to record your voices in a tiled bin. Sort it out.
Need a hug bby boi?
Hot garbage
Slayer fan you? Lol
Na that's just your opinion that is
Thanks Architects for the new ideas
Silk in the Strings, Killer Spiritbox track…
Everything they make is gold.. even their 3 new songs are all bangers
REACT EVANESCENCE BETTER WITHOU YOU please 🖤