Alternative modern day new wave. MODWAVE! "The Crying Spell" a band you wont forget

uartists2012
Oct 29, 2015
2 min read

Sometimes you have to take a big step back to the past in order to realize what lies in the future. Just like the Seattle, Washington-based quartet The Crying Spell: In the past year, the US formation could already convince European audiences as support act for Killing Joke and Julien-K – and now they return with their retro future electro rock with their two singles "Never Before" and "Elemental". The Crying Spell are the future!

The band is currently enjoying the success of their latest single "Elemental" from the new album "Spectrums of Light, which features each of the band members very own mothers in a very comedic and infectious video. Currently the video is in rotation on MTVu after the band won MTV's Freshman Four contest. Vocalist Len Hotrum says "Elemental is a song about the chaos and confusion that is plaguing humanity in the 21st-century. We see things going downhill and we always have a choice to make a change that turns our negative actions into positive ones".

The band released their first single "Never Before" last August and the song quickly hit over 130,000 views on Youtube. German radio stations also added this song to their playlists. The song was written after a performance in Berlin. Hotrum was inspired to compose a song he says is "about freedom, liberation and discovering spiritual awareness".

Their debut record "Through Hell To Heaven" attracted the attention of Killing Joke frontman Jaz Coleman who then invited the band to open for them on their UK/European tour. Stylistically inspired by mostly European acts such as early The Cure, Duran Duran, The Cult, The Cars, Gary Numan, and also by representatives of the world-famous Seattle sound, The Crying Spell have seen a growing international fanbase ever since. In the States, they already had the honor to share the stage with big names such as VAST, Thriving Ivory, Filter, Killing Joke, Birthday Massacre, William Control, and Julien-K, the latter of which recently also took them out on tour in Europe.

While the debut featured an eclectic mix of new wave and rock, The Crying Spell have clearly developed their sound on the newest album entitled "Spectrums Of Light". Modwave is the name that the band has chosen for their retro-futuristic hybrid style – somewhere between darkened wave influences à la Depeche Mode or The Cure and the current electronica elements by modern club acts. Modern wave beyond all musical scenes for a new, open-minded generation of music listeners! The latest release is now available in record stores across Europe, UK, and the US.

http://www.thecryingspell.com/