Ever since he can remember, Dylan Slocum has been obsessed with death. Not necessarily with dying – although that’s part of it – but just death as a concept and a concern. It’s something that’s always informed the lyrics he writes for Spanish Love Songs: a band that, generally, has served as a vehicle for addressing his existential anxiety, both on a personal level and a more universal one. The songs on their new album No Joy are, as its title kind of suggests, very much in the same vein. But when Dylan first began talking to his band – original members Kyle McAulay (lead guitar) and Ruben Duarte (drums), who started Spanish Love Songs with Dylan back in 2013, and Trevor Dietrich (bass) and Meredith Van Woert (keyboards), both of whom joined in 2017...