Spiritbox’s Courtney LaPlante “extremely disappointed” after single released without band’s permission

3 March, 2025

Courtney LaPlante of Spiritbox performs at Alcatraz Metal Fest on August 10, 2024 in Kortrijk, Belgium. (Photo by Elsie Roymans/Getty Images)

Spiritbox‘s Courtney LaPlante has shared her disappointment after the band’s latest single was released without their permission.

They are set to release their new LP ‘Tsunami Sea’ this Friday (March 7) and have given tasters of the album in the form of three singles: ‘Soft Spine’, ‘Perfect Soul’ and ‘No Loss, No Love’. Today (March 3), it appeared they had shared the LP’s fourth and final single offering ‘Crystal Roses’, with the track being released on streaming platforms.

However, LaPlante later took to her official X/Twitter account to address the release of the song, stating that Spiritbox had not approved any release and were not aware of the single being shared.

“I don’t normally like to air out behind the scenes things like this, but we did not approve putting out another single today. None of us were aware this was happening. I am extremely disappointed and only found out about it late last night, by chance. Trying to take it down asap,” she tweeted. The band are currently signed to Rise Records.

Elsewhere, it appeared that a couple of lucky Spiritbox fans had gotten copies of ‘Tsunami Sea’ a few days earlier, before the album’s release.

“Overall very very solid album, I don’t dislike any songs on here, absolute peak work from Spiritbox. Courtney kills it on these tracks,” wrote a fan on a Reddit thread about getting their vinyl copies of the LP ahead of the official release.

Speaking to NME as part of the In Conversation series, LaPlante opened up about coping with the pressure of expectation for ‘Tsunami Sea’ and shared: “That was so surreal. We always joke that there was some propagandist going around, being like, ‘That new Spiritbox [song] is gonna be the next big thing.’ I didn’t say that – I just want people to hear my songs. We make breakdowns and cry over them, that’s all I’m selling to you. It’s not the second coming of ‘metalcore Jesus Christ’ – it’s just us. That was really scary to live up to.

“I’m a lot more used to this life now, getting to focus everything on making music, because this is something I’ve always wanted to do. It’s a lot less complicated than when I’d have to juggle this with working 9-5, making sure I can make my rent or buy groceries. When you’ve been struggling [for more of your life] than doing what makes you happy, I think it will take a long time for me to be jaded about that – I’m very grateful about it now.”

In other news, Spiritbox are set to perform at this year’s edition of Download Festival and Louder Than Life festival.

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