Spotlights

<p>Spotlights is the husband and wife duo of Mario Quintero (guitar, vocals, keys) and Sarah Quintero (bass, vocals), and Chris Enriquez (On The Might of Princes) on drums. The band has released three albums to date: Tidals (2016), Seismic (2018) and Love &amp; Decay (2019).  They&#39;re known for their dense distortion, spacey soundscapes, and unnervingly serene vocal transmissions directly from the heart. Combining elements of shoegaze, metal, doomgaze, post-rock, sludge and post-hardcore, Spotlights are gearing up for their 4th LP  &quot;Alchemy For The Dead&quot; set for release spring of 2023.</p>

<p>Spotlights, the hypnotic trio featuring married couple Mario and Sarah Quintero with Chris Enriquez, will release their new album, Alchemy For The Dead, on April 28 via Ipecac Recordings.</p><p></p><p>The album, written and recorded following the band’s move to Pittsburgh, finds the trio once again balancing the tightrope of light and dark, toying with sonic texture, and as Invisible Oranges described Spotlights’ unique “magic” that’s “flickering with unnamable emotionality.” Mario Quintero shares the band’s mindset while writing and recording Alchemy For The Dead: “Our focus when making this record was to not repeat ourselves. I think we achieved our goal. Though we’re proud of all our releases, making just another ‘Spotlights’ album wasn’t an option. Pushing our own boundaries while creating something cathartic, yet strangely suffocating, with new sounds and textures as well as more personal and self-reflective themes, this album feels like a new fork in the path for us. Hopefully the listeners will follow.”</p><p></p><p>Regarding the first single &quot;Algorithmic&quot;, Mario says. “For me, the song has a religious theme to it. It touches on the story of resurrection and afterlife in this one narrative, while wondering, does any of it really matter?” That narrative, one of death, the resistance and acceptance to one of life’s most secretive aspects, is a lyrical theme throughout Alchemy For The Dead.</p><p></p><p>Stream the new single below and pre-order the album from the pre-order link above.</p><p></p>

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