“Everything the Darkness Eats,” the latest single from New York-based rock trio The Dionysus Effect, is an ode to author Eric LaRocca’s novel of the same name. (Check our previous premiere of their single “Stars” here.) Vocalist/bassist Christoph Paul shares, “Eric’s book tapped something deep in me with my own trauma and battles with depression, and I wanted to express that—luckily, I’m a songwriter.” Along with Christoph Paul, The Dionysus Effect includes Sean Quinn Hanley (guitar, backing vocals) and Brett Petersen (drums). The band’s sound hybridizes grunge, darkwave, indie, alt-rock, and pop. It’s a sound perhaps best summed up as cocaine rock. The name – The Dionysus Effect – refers to the Greek god Dionysus, aka Bacchus, the god of winemaking, festivity, insanity, ritual madne...