Spiritbox's Courtney LaPlante 'Extremely Disappointed' After Single Was Released Without Permission

Courtney LaPlante, vocalist of the Canadian heavy metal band Spiritbox, has expressed disappointment after the band's new single was allegedly released without their permission.

Yesterday (3 March), it appeared the band had shared the fourth and final single from their forthcoming album just days before its release. Fans could listen to a song called Crystal Roses on streaming services until LaPlante discovered what had happened.

After discovering that Crystal Roses had landed on streaming services, LaPlante addressed the track's release and said the band had not approved the single’s release, nor were they aware of it 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,” LaPlante wrote on social media today.

She continued, “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.”

At the time of publication, Crystal Roses does not appear on streaming services.

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

— courtney laplante™️ (@corklezlaplante) March 3, 2025

Spiritbox are releasing their second full-length, Tsunami Sea, this Friday (7 March). So far, they’ve already released three singles from the album: Soft Spine in September, Perfect Soul in November, and No Loss, No Love last month.

Tsunami Sea is the follow-up to 2021’s wildly successful Eternal Blue and comes after the band released two EPs in 2022 and 2023, Rotoscope and The Fear Of Fear, respectively.

The album will be released through Pale Chord and Rise Records.

Reviewing the band’s Melbourne debut in March 2023, The Music’s Rod Whitfield wrote: “Spiritbox’s set tonight is a one-hour and fifteen-minute celebration of new-school heavy music, an extravaganza of heaviness, melody, atmospherics and subtle but effective electronica.”