Spanish Love Songs

July 12, 2023 - Today, Spanish Love Songs, have released a third new single from their upcoming album ‘No Joy’ out August 25 via Pure Noise Records. Fans can now stream and watch the music video for “Pendulum” below and on all digital streaming services.

Going more in depth on the lyrics of the song vocalist and guitarist Dylan Slocum explains, “The song is a few different stories blended together that all dance around the fact that death is such a solitary act. The details of the stories are meant to feel vaguely familiar — someone on the verge of dying alone in a hospital; someone with dementia; countless friends who’ve decided to end it on their own terms. We’ve all lost someone.

Slocum continues “I think people generally don’t want to be left alone, or to die alone, yet that’s often all we’re left with. It’s all very terrifying, so a lot of the time I’m just trying to be present and enjoy what I’ve managed to scrape together. I wait for the pendulum of my worry to swing the other way, into some form of manic love.” The new video was directed by Hannah Gray Hall, who was also behind the camera for the music video for the lead single “Haunted”.

So far, Spanish Love Songs are 3 for 3 with the new singles they've released, and although each song is very different showing some new sides to the band and with even more polish then previous releases, it still has everything that caught my attention with this band in the first place. The hooks are just as big as before and the melodies just as big as well. And I'm sure there will be a few upbeat rockers on the LP that will bring back some of that rawness from the last couple albums too. From what I can tell, 'No Joy' is definitely shaping up to be another triumphant anthemic album, perfect for the end of summer! Will have more on this soon.