SPILL NEW MUSIC: ANDREW SPICE – “JUNK”

ANDREW SPICE – “JUNK”

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After a 20-year hiatus, Andrew Spice returns with With Animals, a powerful reclamation of identity and emotion from the depths of trauma and detachment. Anchoring the record is “Junk,” a raw, defiant indie anthem that takes aim at the emotional erasure caused by psychiatric medication and the quiet rage of wanting to feel again.

Produced by two-time JUNO nominee Matthew Barber and featuring acclaimed musicians Mike Tompa, Marshall Bureau and Devon Henderson, With Animals is a deeply personal collection of songs about survival, self-reclamation, and the radical strength of vulnerability. Piano-driven and poetically potent, the album traverses themes of sexual violence, emotional isolation, queerness, and the healing power of animals. Its most biting track, “Junk,” turns gut-wrenching experience into something electric and alive.

While “Junk” channels the record’s fury, With Animals moves dynamically between emotive piano ballads (“Gentle Sentinel”), anthemic resilience (“Rage Stage”), and experimental indie flourishes all anchored by Spice’s singular voice and lyricism. The project was born during a time of profound upheaval. Having left the music world behind to become a psychologist, Spice found himself creatively reawakened by personal crisis, returning to songwriting as a means of survival.

Following early acclaim for his 2003 debut Pretty Demons, Spice’s re-emergence has been met with support from CBC, Wonderland, WXPN, and more. On With Animals, he plants his flag again – not as a nostalgic return, but a vital reintroduction.

Andrew Spice
With Animals
(Independent)
Release Date: August 22, 2025

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