SPECTRES RETURN WITH A NEW SINGLE – ‘AM GOLD’ OFF FORTHCOMING ALBUM, ‘PRESENCE’, OUT MARCH 15

SPECTRES are back with another new single from their upcoming album! Buoyantly wistful, ‘AM Gold’ is the perfect catchy track to get you through the post-holiday woes and is available to stream wherever you get your music now.

This past November the band announced a new album on the way and shared the first single – ‘The Old Regime’. The new album, ‘Presence’, is set for worldwide release on March 15th, 2024 via Toronto’s Artoffact Records and marks the band’s first release since 2021’s ‘Hindsight’.

Sonically leaning into the band’s pop and shoegaze influences, but leaving ample room for their post punk roots to shine through, the album’s two singles are sure to get the band’s longstanding fanbase itching to find out what the next single has in store for them and draw in new listeners.

For nearly two decades, Spectres have been at the forefront of the post punk genre resurgence and are commonly cited as kicking off the renewed interest. Emerging from the DIY Punk underground in 2005, the band’s vocalist and founder Brian Gustavson wanted to blend the grassroots and independent ethic of anarcho-punk with the anomie and cold, modulated sounds of 1980’s post punk and death rock and though the band’s output has matured with time to embrace a wider range of new-wave and shoegaze influences their ethos remains rooted in anarcho punk.

The blending of these influences allows for the curious juxtaposition of 80’s influenced pop sensibilities with lyrics that explore the alienation and cynicism of modern life and the search for hope in an increasingly terrifying world. One of the band’s core strengths is its sonic aesthetic, which ranges from brooding and confrontational dark punk to ethereal pop influenced dance anthems. Spectres’ live show harkens back to their punk origins bringing a direct and aggressive approach to their performances intended to convey a feeling of estrangement and urgency to the audience. After working with several different DIY labels over their first 12 years as a band Spectres signed with Artoffact records in the summer of 2018 and is looking forward to releasing another album with the label.

SPECTRES IS:
Brian Gustavson – Vocals
Zach Batalden – Guitar
Mitch Allen – Drums
Adam Mitchell – Guitar
Jason Renix – Bass