{"id":98887,"date":"2025-05-15T16:48:03","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T15:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=98887"},"modified":"2025-05-15T16:48:03","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T15:48:03","slug":"the-dirty-nil-spider-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/the-dirty-nil-spider-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dirty Nil’s New Single Sends You Into a ‘Spider Dream’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last month, longtime Already Heard<\/strong> favourites,\u00a0The Dirty Nil<\/strong> revealed details of their new album,\u00a0‘The Lash’<\/em>. Due for release on July 25th through\u00a0Dine Alone Records<\/strong>, it sees the Canadian duo take a more visceral and back-to-basics approach. An example of this is their new single, ‘Spider Dream’<\/em>.<\/p>\n

With its atmospheric guitars and drifting percussion, it’s a considerable change of tone from\u00a0The Dirty Nil<\/strong>‘s often distortion-heavy sound. Instead, it sees vocalist\/guitarist Luke Bentham and drummer Kyle Fisher provide a track they’re describing as their “most Beatles-sounding song.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0‘Spider Dream’<\/em> proves to be a hazy detour into nostalgia, as Bentham finds surreal peace in nightmares.<\/p>\n

\u201cI woke up one morning, completely refreshed by a nightmare,\u201d<\/em> vocalist\/guitarist Luke Bentham explains. \u201cIt was a strange feeling but enough to animate a song. I had also just watched the Beatles documentary that the Lord of the Rings fella made, so I was inspired to use more jangly chords than I usually do. It was a strange one to bring to the band, but the arrangement came together instantly, and it never changed from the first time we played it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n