Spiritbox release new acoustic version of ‘Constance’

SPIRITBOX have released a new acoustic song!

The new acoustic song, for the band’s stunning single Constance, was recorded in a church with accompaniment from a string trio earlier this year in conjunction with the Grammy Museum‘s COLLECTION:live series. The original song features on the band’s hotly anticipated debut album, Eternal Blue, which is scheduled to be released in September.

Speaking on the process of reimagining the track for an acoustic session, guitarist Mike Stringer says, “this live version of Constance was a very ambitious project for us. Before we left to start recording Eternal Blue, I had a rough demo of an acoustic version of Constance written. While we were tracking the album, the Grammy Museum asked us if we’d want to contribute to their Collection:Live series with a live acoustic/stringed composition of the song. Of course this was a huge honour for us and something we couldn’t turn down, but it posed a challenge as we were recording in the middle of the desert, and I had never written a string composition before. After learning how to turn midi into notation, and some back and forth with our producer Dan Braunstein, and violinist Haruka Horii, we had a version we were confident in. This was the first time we had ever performed this song live, and the addition of the strings by Haruka Horii, Bonnie Brooksbank, and Mark Bassett really brought this whole thing to life. Putting this together was a great experience, and I hope to explore more acoustic compositions in the future with SPIRITBOX.”

Listen to Constance (Acoustic) here: 

Eternal Blue is set for release on September 17th via Rise Records. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.

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