Luke Spiller has released a surprise treat for fans today with a lyric video for his latest single, ‘The Ending Is Always The Same’, starring the legendary Noel Fielding.
The new track and visual are out ahead of Spiller’s debut solo album, Love Will Probably Kill Me Before Cigarettes and Wine, which follows on 25th April via Big Machine Rock.
“Who says lyric videos have to be boring or basic?” Spiller says. “We had a lot of fun putting this together and I’m honored to have my comedic hero, Noel Fielding, featuring in this video. We’re just getting started.”
‘The Ending Is Always The Same’ tells the story of an ill-fated love that feels like a vice. “It’s a classic scenario where you decide to break things off, but step into the murky waters of ‘let’s be friends,’” Spiller explains. “Then, before you know it, you’re hooking up and getting back together and going through the cycle again.”
Spiller will be performing at the 9th Annual Love Rocks NYC benefit concert at the Beacon Theater on March 6th, alongside Alicia Keys, Beck, Cher, Dave Stewart Eurythmics and more. Tickets are on sale now, in support of providing food and medical aid to people living with severe illnesses.
ABOUT LUKE SPILLER: In 2019 Luke Spiller found himself in a state of self-inquiry. For over a decade, he’d made a name with the formidable British rock band The Struts — enlisting his retro sonic inspirations, singular vocals, and anthemic songwriting to help boost the group to the top of the charts. But three albums and multiple world tours later, Spiller started to wonder what it would be like to shift in his own direction. The dramatic, avant-garde music he’d grown up with and the unbridled, large songs he wanted to write didn’t seem like a fit for his current project.
“It’s been a long time in the making,” he says. Spiller began to dive deeper into his songwriting, turning his typical writing process on its head. Starting with only lyrics and a title, he crafted material written as poetry – self-expression in its purest form. The resulting songs became his forthcoming debut solo record, Love Will Probably Kill Me Before Cigarettes and Wine – an epically cinematic sonic expedition that mirrors a James Bond score and documents all the love, heartbreak, and beauty Spiller first experienced when he moved to Los Angeles.
From the lush opener, ‘Devil In Me’, to the earnest and heartfelt ‘She’s Just Like California’, the record is an introduction to a vulnerable, and often publicly hidden, side of the flamboyant frontman. Freshly uninhibited and entirely unapologetic, Spiller worked alongside producer Jon Levine (Sabrina Carpenter, Dua Lipa, Drake) and guitarist/producer Jason Falkner (St. Vincent, Air, Beck) on the 10 new tracks that, despite their intimate nature, don’t shy away from bombastic strings and over-the-top orchestration.
“In terms of big sound and theatrics, those come naturally to me,” he says. “That’s the way I’ve always written, and that wasn’t an issue. This was a case of finding great lyrics that told a great story with truth and vulnerability. I really wanted to tell my own story in this record.”
And on Love Will Probably Kill Me Before Cigarettes and Wine, he’s done just that.
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