You don’t have to be a tortured artist to make good art, but it can help. Think about all the great albums that are rooted in the pain and suffering of the songwriter behind them. Whether the inspiration is death, heartbreak, mental illness, religion, the state of the world or something else, music has served as a means of catharsis for as long as people have been making it. To say that Spanish Love Songs wear their trauma on their sleeves is an understatement. Fronted by vocalist/guitarist Dylan Slocum, the LA-based quintet have been venting their various frustrations via their Menzingers-ish, gruff-yet-melodic punk rock since 2015’s debut LP, Giant Sings The Blues. Things are no better on this third record. ‘It won’t be this bleak forever,’ Dylan sings on second track Self-Destructi...
