Spiritbox singe Courtney LaPlante sat down with Zach Sang Show and talked about the hidden message in their new single, ‘Soft Spine,’ and what really drove her to write such a song.
“I’m not someone who likes to have a lot of outward drama but internally there’s a lot of people that I don’t just feel like neutral about in our industry,” the singer explained. “I have full-on strong feelings towards them, and that song really made me feel like the fantasy that people have of the maximum stress they could put on someone they don’t like.”
The rocker continued, “But of course, those things are just a fantasy. In reality, I don’t have that power to metaphorically annihilate someone. I don’t have that power leverage in my life right now. But the fantasy of feeling you have that power professionally to rise above people that you don’t like is very empowering for me. I hope someday it’s not a fantasy but a reality.”
“The more social currency I have and the more professional currency I have to make actual changes around who gets to take our nice listeners’ hard-earned money and who doesn’t. Sometimes negativity really drives people,” she added.
Spiritbox released ‘Soft Spine’ back in September this year. The new track shows Spiritbox’s heavier side with djent-infused riffs, and sharp production. It’s also the band’s first original release since their 2023 EP, ‘The Fear of Fear.’
While the song is fairly new and heavier compared to the band’s other songs, the band’s 2023 track ‘Cellar Door’ was nominated for Grammy. “I can’t believe it,” the singer said of her Grammy nomination in another chat. “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.”
LaPlante is also excited that women are nominated for the Best Metal Performance Grammy. “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,” she explained. “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.”
Spiritbox is nominated for ‘Cellar Door,’ Gojira for ‘Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça Ira!),’ Knocked Loose and Poppy for ‘Suffocate,’ Judas Priest for ‘Crown of Horns,’ and Metallica for ‘Screaming Suicide.’
