'Spylacopa'
RISING PULSE

From its beginnings as a humble side project for Candiria guitarist John Lamacchia, Spylacopa has accrued exceptional musicians in a snowball of mounting musical bliss, leading us to this stunning debut EP. With Lamacchia's guitar playing and studio trickery supported by Isis' Jeff Caxide on bass, the stage is set for Dillinger's Greg Puciato and Made Out Of Babies' Julie Christmas to turn these warm, atmospheric songs into nightmarishly catchy, pop metal hit singles. With opening pair 'Haunting A Ghost' and 'Bloodletting', the balance between grin-inducing immediacy and dissonant menace is struck to absolute perfection. After the piano led instrumental of 'Together We Become Forever', 'Staring At The Sound' is redolent of latter day Candiria, anthemic vocals over a driving juggernaut of shifting time signatures. 'I Should Have Known You Would' closes proceedings with a woozy, Radiohead referencing lullaby, Puciato crooning "I should have killed you" as the agonising wait for a potential full-length looms on the horizon.