Spiral XP have shared the final single ahead of the release of their new album album I Wish I Was A Rat, out October 18th via Danger Collective Records. “Window Room” packs skyward melodies and towering riffs in equal measure, bordering on slowcore but without the genre’s downward gaze. “I was inspired to write the lyrics while sitting in an enclosed porch one day and examining the window reflections,” shares the band’s bassist and co-vocalist Lena Farr-Morrissey, “Making plans of nothing and carving out time that is intentionally left blank, I found myself wondering what can bloom from recycled thoughts and memories. On the inside looking out, Window Room carries a longing for being at peace with the unknown.”

Keyes tapped scene veterans Lena Farr-Morrissey (bass, vocals), Jordan Mang (guitar), Kyle McCollum (guitar), and Daniel Byington (drums) to expand his vision on I Wish I Was A Rat, inviting them to collaborate on each track. “They ended up taking on a life of their own,” he explains, “that’s a little scary but also thrilling to me.” Keyes and the group enlisted producer JooJoo Ashworth (Corridor, SASAMI, Automatic) and decamped to The Unknown, the legendary Anacortes studio Phil Elverum helped construct in an abandoned church.

Recorded entirely in analog, I Wish I Was A Rat. “It goes back to that search for authenticity,” says Keyes, “It has a lot of limitations and it makes recording harder, but those limitations make the process so much more meaningful and deep.”

Spiral XP
I Wish I Was A Rat
Tracklist
Danger Collective

01 Luna
02 Horse Money
03 Window Room
04 Sinner
05 Cruel World
06 Wailing
07 Tonight
08 Awake
09 Winter Snow
10 Bright Eyes
11 Starve Me
12 Not Afraid

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