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White Sneakers

from White Sneakers by Spunsugar

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Spunsugar is releasing their new track, ‘White Sneakers’, the latest instalment from their upcoming new album A Hole Forever, via Adrian Recordings on 3rd November 2023, paired with an artsy music video. Forthcoming sophomore album set for release on 17th November 2023.

‘White Sneakers’ references a one-sided love affair whose defining feature was their white basketball shoes. It follows the same introspective themes as the previous singles, delving into the dense topics of love, loss, and life. ‘White Sneakers’, in a sentence, is a daydream about someone, only to be suddenly aware of how it might not be appropriate. The soft guitar and synth riff represent the narrator's naivety, only to be interrupted by the verse - awoken to a guitar so distorted it sounds like something is breaking.

“This might be the sexiest song we've done? It's still sad though, don't worry,” Spunsugar said. “At its core, a love song. Even sappier, it's about unrequited love. About longing for someone close to you that you shouldn’t long for and the shame that comes with it. That's where the dichotomy comes in, both lyrically and musically. A cool piece of trivia: ‘White Sneakers’ started as a cover of ‘Carrie’ by Europe, but it's changed significantly since then. Don't sue us, Joey Tempest.”

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I had to glue shut you shoebox
I got some drool on your white socks
Your stomach and fort Knox
I'd saw of limbs to be near you
Forgot you pills on your way through
No one jumps through hoops quite like you do I've got my neck under your white sneakers
Did the needles pierce your freckles? Rub my eyes for the speckle
I can still hear the heckle
He said your mouth was the widest
I know you chew never digest But that's where I wanna go next
under the soles of your white sneakers Under the soles of your white sneakers Under the soles of your white sneakers
White sneakers White sneakers

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from White Sneakers, released November 3, 2023
Produced and mixed by Joakim Lindberg at Studio Sickan in Malmö

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Spunsugar Malmö, Sweden

Spunsugar is an alternative rock band with shoegaze influences. Sound wise, imagine if Alternative Nation on MTV 1997 and a drum machine fall into a cotton candy machine. The cotton candy wheel breaks and derails. They grew up farmer offsprings, bible belt kids of fundamentalists and trailer trash in small towns of Sweden. These are their references and this shapes their sound. ... more

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