Carlos Gonzalez
Spiritual Cramp are a band with their fingers in a lot of pies. They recently signed with the new label Blue Grape Music, home to Code Orange, and are at home in the underground scene with some of the heaviest bands around. But the San Francisco band's own music, at least the more recent stuff, has had a decidedly alt-rock bent to it, with angular riffs and super-melodic vocals that feel more in line with the kind of thing Interpol or The Strokes were spitting out two decades ago. Then, just when you think you have a handle on these guys, they go and collaborate with the extremely online and equally experimental rapper RXK Nephew.
This all adds up to a pretty exciting band that you want to know more about. Luckily, there is a debut album (also named Spiritual Cramp) coming on November 3. Arriving alongside that announcement is "Talkin' On The Internet," a driving and spiky old-school punk song about posting something you instantly regret.
"'Talkin’ On The Internet' is about me projecting and realizing that I can’t stop posting cringe after seeing so many of my musician peers ruin their bands for me by posting bullshit all the time," says Michael Bingham of the band. "I do the same thing and feel embarrassed seeing bands I like posting dumb shit. It makes me want to stop playing music. It makes me want to bury my head in the sand."
From next month Spiritual Cramp will be on tour, starting with a bunch of North American dates opening for Teenage Wrist. Soon after they will fly over to the U.K. and Ireland with Militarie Gun. Check out their full schedule below.
Spiritual Cramp tour dates
September 5 - Santa Ana - Constellation Room #
September 6 - San Francisco - Thee Parkside #
September 8 - Portland - Hawthorne Theater #
September 9 - Seattle - Madam Lou’s #
September 11 - Salt Lake City - Urban Lounge #
September 12 - Denver - Larimer Lounge #
September 14 - Milwaukee - X Ray Arcade #
September 15 - Indianapolis - Hoosier Dome #
September 16 - Grand Rapids - Pyramid Scheme #
September 17 - Toronto - Hard Luck #
September 19 - Boston - Sonia #
September 20 - Philadelphia - Johnny Brenda’s #
September 21 - Brooklyn - Brooklyn Made #
September 22 - DC - Comet Ping Pong
September 24 - Columbia - New Brookland Tavern #
September 26 - Orlando - Will’s Pub #
September 27 - Tampa - New World Brewery #
September 29 - Atlanta - The Earl #
September 30 - Nashville - The End #
October 2 - Dallas - Sons Of Hermann Hall #
October 3 - Austin - Parish #
October 5 - Phoenix - Rebel Lounge #
October 7 - San Diego - Soda Bar #
October 8 - Los Angeles - Lodge Room #
October 27 - Los Angeles - 1720 Club %
October 28 - Philadelphia - The Church ^
October 30 - Baltimore - Ottobar
December 3 - Bristol - Thekla $
December 4 - Manchester - YES $
December 5 - London - Tufnell Park Down $
December 8 - Leeds - Brudenell Social Club $
December 9 - Glasgow - Mono $
December 10 - Dublin - The Workmans Club $
With Militarie Gun $
With Teenage Wrist #
With Unbroken ^
With Soft Kill %