In a brand new interview with Audacy Music, SPIRITBOX frontwoman Courtney LaPlante spoke about the truth that her band misplaced out to GOJIRA within the “Finest Steel Efficiency” class on the 67th annual Grammy Awards, which was held on February 2 on the Crypto.com Area (previously the Staples Heart) in Los Angeles, California. GOJIRA was nominated for “Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça Ira!)” — a model of the French Revolution-era normal “Ah! Ça Ira!” — which the band carried out eventually yr’s Olympic Video games opening ceremony. She stated (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “In my view, [GOJIRA‘s performance at the Olympic Games] was the most important mainstream second within the historical past of metallic. Most metallic bands do not hit mainstream in any capability like that till they make extra mainstream music. And I do not imply ‘mainstream’ in a nasty method. I simply imply extra accessible to a number of individuals. However GOJIRA, that is why it was so stunning to me, and I believe to the world, who’s type of petrified of that efficiency, is that they did not do something — I do not suppose they compromised something. I believe it may be probably the most metallic factor to ever occur on TV — ever, ever — ‘trigger a billion individuals watched it.”
Concerning the truth that GOJIRA received over SPIRITBOX, Courtney stated: “It was humorous ‘trigger [the guys in GOJIRA] are very humble individuals and they’re very nice and actually supportive of us. And so we had been all within the lineup to go do the Getty Photographs collectively… And we had been, like, ‘Guys, you opened the Olympics. You are profitable.’ … I actually suppose they thought they weren’t gonna win as a result of they sat to date within the again, they nearly did not get to do their speech. I am, like, ‘Guys, at the least come to the tenth row.’ … So I am actually blissful for them.
“In fact, I might like to win a Grammy,” Courtney clarified. “That sounds superior. However when there’s just one metallic award, all the opposite individuals in there are superior, and I do not suppose anybody is unhappy to lose to these different individuals, as a result of there’s solely 5 bands that get to be picked to be nominated for that yearly. That is the one award for metallic.”
SPIRITBOX‘s sophomore album, “Tsunami Sea”, got here out on March 7 through Pale Chord / Rise Information.
SPIRITBOX kicked off its sold-out European tour on February 13 at London’s iconic Alexandra Palace, marking the band’s largest headline present up to now, with 10,000 tickets bought. From there, they continued throughout Europe earlier than launching into the “Tsunami Sea” North American tour, starting April 3 in Dallas, Texas. The 24-date trek — produced by Stay Nation — brings LOATHE, DYING WISH and GEL alongside for the journey, tearing by means of cities throughout the U.S. and Canada. This summer time, SPIRITBOX will step onto even larger phases, becoming a member of LINKIN PARK for choose stadium dates in Italy, the Netherlands, and the U.Ok.
Shaped in 2017 within the picturesque but remoted area of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada by vocalist Courtney LaPlante and guitarist Mike Stringer, SPIRITBOX would absolutely cement themselves as a family title in the summertime of 2020 with the discharge of their blistering breakout single “Holy Curler”, together with a number of different fascinating singles shortly after, leading to a media firestorm of hype.
With new and present followers eagerly watching their subsequent transfer, SPIRITBOX exceeded each expectation possible in 2021 with the discharge of their genre-defining debut studio album “Everlasting Blue” through Pale Chord/Rise Information. “Everlasting Blue”, which debuted at No. 13 on the Billboard 200, kicked open the doorways of the heavy metallic scene and rewrote the style’s playbook with 12 beautiful tracks that included all the pieces from djent and post-metal to infectious synth-laden pop sensibilities and cinematic preparations, introduced absolutely to life by the inimitable LaPlante‘s ethereal and commanding vocal performances.
The album cycle for “Everlasting Blue” noticed SPIRITBOX not solely grace the covers of esteemed music publications comparable to Revolver, Various Press, Rock Sound and Kerrang!, amongst many others however would additionally solidify the band as some of the in-demand teams in stay music right this moment with their one-hundred % bought out, first-ever headlining tour in help of the album which noticed ticket gross sales over 40,000. The band would additionally share the stage with seasoned metallic veterans comparable to LIMP BIZKIT and GHOST and win “Finest Worldwide Breakthrough Band” on the 2021 Heavy Music Awards.
In 2022, SPIRITBOX secured extremely coveted spots at quite a few main U.S. rock and metallic festivals and had been nominated for 2 Juno awards. SPIRITBOX would additionally spherical out their present lineup with the inclusion of drummer Zev Rose and bassist Josh Gilbert along with releasing their sonically experimental EP “Rotoscope” in June of that yr in addition to a cross-genre collaboration with dubstep artist Illenium for the observe “Shivering”.
Throughout one other whirlwind yr for the band, together with a U.S. tour with SHINEDOWN and PAPA ROACH, SPIRITBOX wrote and recorded their critically acclaimed EP “The Concern Of Concern”, launched in November 2023. The EP options the only “Jaded”, which was nominated for “Finest Steel Efficiency” on the 66th annual Grammy Awards. In the identical month, the band would make one other genre-bending splash with a high-profile collaboration with rapper Megan Thee Stallion for a remix of her track “Cobra”.
