Weirdo warped pop masters Spirit Of The Beehive have a new album called YOU’LL HAVE TO LOSE SOMETHING on the horizon and this week they’ve shared two new tracks from it “SOMETHING’S ENDING” and “I’VE BEEN EVIL”.
The songs form two parts of a spine-tingling whole. “SOMETHING’S ENDING” is a glacially floating song that is disturbing despite its relative calmness. Zack Schwartz whispers unsettlingly about a dead body being pulled out of a river, while the glacial synth backing gets stamped all over by spewing fuzz and lightly hammering beats.
This then slips smoothly into “I’VE BEEN EVIL” a charging guitar jam that veers between the tension of self-assessment and a yawning black hole of depression and fear that the trio renders so well with their layered sonic approach. The tracks leave so much to be interpreted, both in their lyricism and their sonics – which is always the fun with Spirit Of The Beehive, and why it’s so easy to get hooked into returning to their work time and again.
The pair of songs come with a combined video directed by Kelsea Dakota Larson and filmed in rural Appalachia. Larson says: “My collaborator and spouse Jim and I have been waiting for the right project to film here in rural Appalachia since we moved a few years ago, when we heard these new tracks, we knew this was the right one. We took the titles literally, and wanted to highlight the darkness that can be right under your nose in a beautiful little mountain town, or anywhere really, while outsiders carry on.”
Watch the video for “SOMETHING’S ENDING”/”I’VE BEEN EVIL” below, or find the songs on streamers.
Spirit Of The Beehive’s new album YOU’LL HAVE TO LOSE SOMETHING arrives on August 23 through Saddle Creek (pre-order/save). You can find the band on Instagram and Twitter.
Live dates:
SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE w/ Winter:
Tue- Sep 24 Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
Wed- Sep 25 Montreal, QC – Les Foufounes Électriques
Thu- Sep 26 Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace
Fri- Sep 27 Detroit, MI – Third Man Records
Sat- Sep 28 Chicago, IL – The Outset
Mon- Sep 30 Denver, CO – Meow Wolf
Thu- Oct 3 Seattle, WA – The Crocodile
Fri- Oct 4 Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theatre
Sat- Oct 5 Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
Tue- Oct 8 San Francisco, CA – The Chapel
Thu- Oct 10 Los Angeles, CA – The Regent
Fri- Oct 11 Santa Ana, CA – Constellation Room
Sat- Oct 12 Phoenix, AZ – Rebel Lounge
Tue- Oct 15 Austin, TX – The Parish
Wed- Oct 16 Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE w/ Kassie Krut:
Fri- Oct 18 Atlanta, GA – Masquerade (Hell Stage)
Sat- Oct 19 Asheville, NC – The Grey Eagle
Sun- Oct 20 Raleigh, NC – Kings
Thu- Nov 7 Brooklyn, NY – Warsaw
Fri- Nov 8 Washington, DC – Black Cat
Sat- Nov 9 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
