Just when I was getting very tired of creatives coming up with lockdown books and music, along come Crown The Empire. With their new track ‘In Another Life’ featuring the epic Courtney LaPlante of Spiritbox on guest vocals they have combined their distinctive rhythm section, angular riffs, Hayden Tree’s screams and Andy Leo’s emotionally-charged clean vocals in one song that makes me want to believe that there will be more good music to come out of these strange, stupid times of sorrow and disease.
“‘In Another Life’ was the first song we wrote while working on our new album in the studio. The The idea initially started because I was talking with a friend of mine about how we both had just gotten out of serious relationships during the pandemic. These relationships that were once comforting and safe now felt confining.
Because of COVID, my life got completely derailed and I was getting very little sleep. My entire identity was so wrapped up in my ability to sing and tour the world that having that taken away from me made me feel like a ghost.
Over the course of the next year I started having crazy dreams and seeing strange things around my house. One night I saw feet running up and down the stairs but brushed it off, telling myself I was just imagining things. But then another night my producer came over and mentioned he saw a girl walking up and down the stairs.
After some research, I found out there had been an actress from the 1920's who lived in my house. She was a huge partier, slept very few hours, and was even close to the same age as me when she died. I really connected with her story and it inspired me to write this song.
We thought Courtney from Spiritbox would be the perfect fit for a guest feature and she crushed it. We’re so stoked to have her on ‘In Another Life’.” Andy Leo
Watch the new track here - https://youtu.be/6aGySSfiY9w
Listen here - https://riserecords.lnk.to/InAnotherLife
Crown The Empire (Alexis Bemis)