On March 3, a surprise track called ‘Crystal Roses’ by Spiritbox appeared on streaming services. Courtney LaPlante later said on X that the new song was released without the band’s approval.
“I don’t normally like to air out behind the scenes things like this, but we did not approve putting out another single today. None of us were aware this was happening. I am extremely disappointed and only found out about it late last night, by chance. Trying to take it down asap,” she wrote.
The song has since been removed from streaming platforms.
The release happened just days before Spiritbox’s new album, ‘Tsunami Sea,’ which is set to come out on March 7 through Pale Chords and Rise Records. The band had already released three singles leading up to the album: ‘Soft Spine’ in September, ‘Perfect Soul’ in November, and ‘No Loss, No Love’ in February.
This isn’t the first mix-up involving Spiritbox recently. At the Grammys on February 2, LaPlante was mistaken for another artist during an interview. The interviewer thought she was Poppy, who was nominated with Knocked Loose for their song ‘Suffocate.’
LaPlante played along with the mistake. When the interviewer mentioned it wasn’t Poppy’s first Grammy nomination, LaPlante responded, “Really happy to be here again, would love to take home the Grammy for Knocked Loose and myself because I would be the first woman to win this award. I actually haven’t looked at [how many women have been nominated previously] but I just always know that it’s time for one of us to win. I hope it’s me, or Spiritbox and Courtney.”
In the end, the award went to Gojira for their song ‘Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)’ with Marina Viotti and Victor Le Masne.
I don’t normally like to air out behind the scenes things like this, but we did not approve putting out another single today. None of us were aware this was happening. I am extremely disappointed and only found out about it late last night, by chance. Trying to take it down asap
— courtney laplante™️ (@corklezlaplante) March 3, 2025
