Photo by Che Hise-Gattone

In a shoegaze-saturation era, Spiral XP offer a reprieve from the familiar ol’ drudge of either heaviness or dazed washes of feedback with a pure pop blissout to break up the monotony on “Deja Vu”. The lead single from It’s Been a While, the second EP from the Seattle outfit led by frontman and guitarist Max Keyes joined by Lena Farr-Morrissey, Jordan Mang, Kyle McCollum, and Daniel Byington, hears the band swerving away from the slowmo speed of their debut EP, 2021′s Drop Me In, in favor of a softer acceleration where the friction doesn’t necessarily dissipate, but forms a warm cushion for the feelies that help mend those pains for the pure at heart instead. Every day might feel the same, but it doesn’t need to sound it.

Directed by: Sebastien Deramat

Spiral XP’s It’s Been a While will be released February 17th on Danger Collective Records.