Southern California post-hardcore standouts return with their long-anticipated second album, ‘Plagued By The Human Condition’, set for release on May 30 via New Age Records.

The LP marks a bold step forward for the band, expanding their sonic range while staying true to the raw intensity and emotional depth that have defined them from the start. As part of the album rollout, band have dropped a new single and music video, ‘Better Keep It To Yourself’. Frontman Steve Jennings shares, “‘Better Keep It To Yourself’ really explores the feeling of isolation—being trapped with your own thoughts and emotions. That’s a hard place to be. This song is about finding the strength to speak up and the sense of hope that can follow.” LP marks a compelling new era for band with single providing an early glimpse into the album’s emotional intensity and expanded sonic reach. The songs from new LP are raw, anthemic, and painful all in the same instance. They also miraculously sound like a band being reborn. This is certainly not the way that Jennings, Piscitello and their bandmates imagined this particular group’s history—or hell, even their own personal lives—would have turned out when they started playing in a suburban So Cal garage all those years ago. But these days, you will also find no one more grateful to see their creative spark rekindled than the five of them. In the end, it’s not how the songs on ‘Plagued By The Human Condition’ sound as much as the emotional weight that they carry that shows the real progression Spark Of Life has gone through since its humble beginnings a quarter century ago. The lens that Jennings’ lyrics are so often put through on the album—all adult pain and middle-aged reflection—display just how much hardcore can hit later in one’s life. At the album’s absolute crest, Jennings exhales a series of revelations in the face of a devastating separation. “I lost it all,” he screams, not sounding like he is pointing a finger but actually wiping a tear from his eye. “But I won’t give up.”

Upcoming Shows:

5.15-PASADENA, CA @ OLD TOWNE PUB

5.16-REDDING, CA ® THE DIP

5.17-SAN FRANCISCO, CA @ THRILLHOUSE RECORDS

5.18-TEMPLETON, CA @ CLUB CAR BAR

5.25-LAS VEGAS, NV ® THE GRIFFIN

6.19-LAS VEGAS, NV ® RED DWARF

6.20-SLC, UT ® THE BEEHIVE

6.21-FORT COLLINS, CO ® THE COAST

6.22-COLORADO SPRINGS, CO ® TRIPLE NICKEL TAVERN

6.23-DENVER, CO – LIONS LAIR

6.24-ALBUQUERQUE, NM @ BLACK WALL GALLERY

6.25-FLAGSTAFF, AZ – TBA

6.26-PHOENIX, AZ @ GROUND ZERO

6.27-TUCSON, AZ @ GROUNDWORKS WITH SPECIAL QUESTS NEW AGE RECORDS