Spanish Love Songs are back, and honestly? It feels like catching up with an old mate who’s been through it, grown from it, and somehow still knows how to make you cry on a bus with one perfectly-timed lyric. Today they drop A Brief Intermission in the Flattening of Time, a brand-new EP out now via Pure Noise Records — and it’s one of those releases that feels small on paper but absolutely massive in feeling.
If you’ve been following them over the years, you’ll know SLS don’t do anything halfway. Even a so-called “brief intermission” turns into something intimate, thoughtful, and painfully self-aware in the best way. This EP pulls together three recent singles — “Cocaine and Lexapro,” “Berlin,” and “Heavenhead” — and adds a brand-new standout: “Lifers Too,” featuring none other than The Wonder Years’ Soupy Campbell. And let’s be real, that’s the feature that made all of us sit up straight.
What makes this EP special is how it came together. Dylan Slocum describes these songs as “imperfect snapshots of a moment,” made with producer Arun Bali during a handful of spontaneous studio sessions. That’s honestly the charm of it — you can hear the in-between spaces, the quiet thoughts, the moments you only admit to yourself at 3am. It bridges the heavier weight of No Joy with the shape of whatever comes next, but it stands entirely on its own too… a little cul-de-sac in the Spanish Love Songs universe.
And then there are the features — absolutely stacked. Kevin Devine, Tiger’s Jaw, Illuminati Hotties, and now The Wonder Years. It almost feels like a celebration of the friendships and influences that have followed SLS across the last decade. But “Lifers Too” steals the show. Soupy’s connection to the band is real — he’s championed them for years, and this track feels like a full-circle moment. It’s a reflective, quietly devastating song about outliving your own expectations and figuring out what it means to still be here. SLS and TWY both excel at that kind of existential heart-punch, so hearing them collide is honestly magic.
The band have wrapped a huge year of touring — headline runs, the Common Thread tour, and support from The Dirty Nil, Sincere Engineer, and Kali Masi — but this EP feels like the real capstone. A soft reset, a check-in, a breath before the next era. And if this is the intermission? The next act is going to hit hard.
For now, A Brief Intermission in the Flattening of Time is exactly what it promises: a tiny pause in the chaos, a moment to hold onto, and a reminder that Spanish Love Songs are still one of the most honest bands doing it.
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