In a recent interview with Brazilian music journalist Igor Miranda, SPIRITBOX frontwoman Courtney LaPlante discussed the band’s highly anticipated sophomore album, Tsunami Sea, scheduled for release on March 7, 2025, through Pale Chord in collaboration with Rise Records.
She said (as transcribed by Blabbermouth): “I wish that it was coming out next week. I wanna play these songs so badly. I want to play these songs live for our fans. I want them to hear these songs. And it feels very far away, but it’s for the best, because now it’s my job to make sure that as many people as possible hear the songs, and it’s my job now to be the ambassador for these songs. So it is good that it’s gonna come out like pretty far in the future for me. March 7th feels very far away.”
SPIRITBOX has earned their second Grammy nomination for “Best Metal Performance” with their track “Cellar Door.” This marks the second song from their EP The Fear of Fear to receive such recognition, following their nomination for “Jaded.”
LaPlante expressed surprise at the news, saying: “I can’t believe it. I’m so excited. And I was so surprised last year when we were nominated. To be nominated again off the same body of work is such an honor. But I will say the thing that makes this one different to me is that usually, historically, it’s all legacy bands [that get nominated], the biggest bands in the world, and then maybe one small band — maybe. But this time, instead of just us as the small band, us and KNOCKED LOOSE and Poppy, where both of us, two of the five bands are younger bands. And we have GOJIRA, who had the greatest metal performance of all time at the Olympics as well in there, which is so cool.
“But I’m so inspired that both of us — us and KNOCKED LOOSE and Poppy — are nominated, because i’ve never seen that before where two newer bands both got in there. So I think we’re both really excited for each other. And if we don’t win, I would love for them to win, because since this award has ever existed — this award, the first year was when I was born, in 1989.
“There was one year where Lzzy Hale and HALESTORM won, when it was the hard rock and metal Grammy [‘Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance’], but no woman has ever won the best metal performance Grammy since it came out in 1989. And I think about that every year. I’m almost 36 years old. 36 years, a woman’s never won. And now there’s more chances than ever for a woman to win. So I’m really excited. I hope that we win. I hope that KNOCKED LOOSE and Poppy win. Or if GOJIRA wins, there’s a woman who’s an opera singer on that song. So there’s three out of five chances for that ceiling, that glass ceiling to finally shatter.”
As 2024 comes to a close, SPIRITBOX is set to join BRING ME THE HORIZON for stadium shows in Brazil and Mexico City before kicking off their European headline tour in 2025. They’ve also been confirmed as support for LINKIN PARK‘s highly anticipated world tour, accompanying them for stops in Italy, the Netherlands, and the U.K. With their powerful live performances and an exciting new project on the way, SPIRITBOX‘s next chapter is shaping up to be their most exhilarating yet.
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