Hello all, it has been a while since we have updated our site and our fans and friends.. just a quick heads up about what we got going on here in the next few weeks. We are going to release a digital download version or our Debut EP. This Digital bundle will include the following..

The Debut EP
3 bonus never before released tracks
exclusive photos of Spylacopa
exclusive images and original art concept images
wallpaper images for your desktop

We will keep you posted on the actual release date coming up in the next couple of weeks..

Stay tuned for this and more to come from Spylacopa.. thank you for reading.

HERE IS THE CHART ATTACK EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH JOHN LAMACCHIA AND JEFF CAXIDE ..
The name Spylacopa can often cause confusion for those who hear it for the first time. The same can also be said for the music created by the Brooklyn, N.Y.-based band, who are made up of members of Candiria, Dillinger Escape Plan, Isis and Made Out Of Babies.

Just as listeners may have a tough time putting their fingers on what kind of music they're actually listening to, labeling their sound is a task that even the band seem to have trouble with.

"It's energetic at times," says guitarist John LaMacchia, formerly of Candiria. "It's atmospheric at times. I think people can expect to hear some of the sounds they're used to hearing from all the bands we're all from."

"I don't think it sounds like any of our bands," bassist and Isis member Jeff Caxide contrasts. "I think there are definitely parts of it there because it's us playing the music, but I think Spylacopa is totally its own thing at this point."

Spylacopa first started taking shape when LaMacchia took a break from Candiria in 2002. The band's self-titled debut EP, which was released last month, can be vaguely described as electronic ambient post-hardcore.

"I went to see Dillinger Escape Plan in Times Square — they were playing at the Virgin megastore," explains LaMacchia of Spylacopa's genesis. "I met up with the guys and everyone had the same question for me: 'What are you going to do now that you're not in Candiria anymore? What's next?'

"I started talking about Spylacopa and had a conversation with Greg [Puciado]. I mentioned it to him, and he was really excited about the idea. He asked me if he could contribute some vocals, if he could get down on a couple of things, and I was so excited about the idea. We got really serious pretty quick."

With Puciado on board and the project in motion, other members were quickly recruited. Made Out Of Babies' Julie Christmas lent her voice to the project and Caxide brought his signature ground-shaking bass.

"In that beginning stage, it was just John doing more electronic ambient stuff," Caxide explains. "When Greg and I came aboard, it started to become more of an organic songwriting process."

Though the group consists of a noteworthy lineup of members of other bands, LaMacchia explains the term supergroup should be used lightly when referring to Spylacopa.

"I don't think it's appropriate. I haven't sold enough records to really consider myself some kind of superstar or anything like that, so I think it's a little much. I think people are just throwing it around just to coin it as something and just reference it.

"I approach the subject with caution because I don't want people to get the wrong idea. I don't want people to think I think this is a supergroup because I try to remain as humble as possible. I think people would appreciate that I, or anyone in this band, don't run around talking about it as a supergroup. We lack the sales."

The January 2009 (246) issue of Alternative Press is now available in stores and guess who's featured....Spylacopa!

They wrote a great review, besides the fact that for some reason John LaMacchia is now apparently Dan LaMacchia. If you don't know what I'm talking about then pick up the issue and check it out. Pretty funny.

But all-in-all, 4 stars out of 5 and positive feedback is what really matters. Thanks guys!!

http://www.alarmpress.com/5127/music-reviews/this-weeks-best-albums-7/


Such a great pleasure to be added as such.. thank you Alarm!!!

http://heavymetal.about.com/od/interviews/a/spylacopa.htm

We now have Spylacopa CD EP Pre orders available for purchase right here on the myspace page.

"Haunting A Ghost":  John and I had written a bunch of songs together, and every new song was getting increasingly better, and  this is the song that I realized we were hitting a stride with. Everything vocal in this song: phrasing...melody...lyrics...all came very quickly and natural to me and that's usually when you know it's good. Sometimes when I hear music I feel like I can hear the melody in the music, like when its loud, you begin to hear the melody creating itself, singing itself, especially with distorted guitars, in the overtones and undertones of the music. Then I feel like I just decipher it and pull it out and there it is. That's how the chorus of this song was. I listened to it, and the vocal melody was just nested in there, sitting right there. The chord progression is really great, and the bassline underneath from Jeff really gives it a feel that I love, like a boat going up and down in the sea or something. Lyrically the song just talks about waking up and realizing that all of a sudden you are in this new phase of your life, and its a little confusing and maybe you aren't sure what to make of it or what to do with it, but rather than be nostalgic for the past and trying to hang on to memories, you embrace your situation and would never ever go back. In my case it applied to a personal relationship ending/beginning that instantly signified a changing of eras for me as a person.