The Spyrals

Los Angeles-based group The Spyrals are gearing up to release their new album ‘Same Old Line’ on October 30th 2020. Taking cues from The Velvet Underground, 13th Floor Elevators and The Stooges by way of Neil Young, Bob Dylan and Muddy Waters, the record sees the band carve out eight songs of raw, back-to-basics rock’n’roll that marries white-knuckle garage-blues, psychedelic repetition and sun-baked alt-country to create “something new with an old soul”. The record is their fourth full-length to date and their first since signing to London-based label Fuzz Club.

Armed with a guitar, harmonica and fuzz pedal, band-leader Jeff Lewis formed The Spyrals when he was living in San Francisco in the early 2010s. Now, though, he’s based in Los Angeles and finds himself backed by a new line-up of musicians. ‘Same Old Line’ was cooked up in new drummer Dash Borinstein’s garage and recorded over the course of a few days and nights straight to a Tascam tape machine. ‘Same Old Line’ marks a new chapter for the band, who have spent the last decade picking up a growing international reputation for their fuzzed-out, driving rock’n’roll. They’ve toured around the US, UK and Europe (including a short run in Russia in 2015, where they headlined the Spring Beat Festival), played with the likes of Spectrum / Sonic Boom, Moon Duo, Fuzz, The Warlocks and Spindrift and performed at such festivals as SXSW, Desert Stars Festival and LA Psych Fest.