{"id":11897,"date":"2022-04-19T21:49:54","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T19:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/?p=11897"},"modified":"2022-04-19T21:54:17","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T19:54:17","slug":"new-ep-spit-city-carpe-demon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/19\/new-ep-spit-city-carpe-demon\/","title":{"rendered":"New EP: Spit City || Carpe Demon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last year I was very impressed with Spit City’s debut album Long Dark Night<\/em><\/a>, on which songwriter\/multi-instrumentalist Sean Rose tried to deal with some heavy stuff. The cover photo of his new EP Carpe Demon<\/em><\/a> shows him enjoying the sun, but the witty title already reveals that his life still has dark sides. The three new “punkacana” songs – Sean Rose on vocals and electric guitar, Patrick Ford on bass, and Johnny Bowers on drums – may even be more gloomy than 2021’s full length. Can’t Be Found<\/em> is a summer punk jam on being uncomfortable in any moment, Never Goin’ Hungry Again<\/em> is a southern gothic tale of petty crime, and the title track is a thundering riff-soaked warning on the hazards of toxic living that can be so hard to shake (“Sometimes when the evening\u2019s low \/\/ Tired of all the go go go \/\/ I think how easy things would be \/\/ with this car wrapped around a tree”). Both lyrics and music are pretty heavy, but also pretty good again – in fact, if you listen more closely, you’ll hear that we don’t really have to worry, and you’ll see sunbeams breaking through the clouds.<\/p>\n