Southern California Post-Hardcore band Spark of Life have announced plans to release a new album, Plagued By The Human Condition, in early 2025. The LP finds the band once again collaborating with friend Fred Armisen, who plays drums on a cover of “Never Say Never,” by ’90s cult band That Dog. The LP’s first single “No One Hates Me More Than Me” is out now via indie label New Age Records. 

“No One Hates Me More Than Me,” stays true to the band’s tradition of sardonic song titles!

Singer Steve Jennings says of the new song:

This song, much like the record, is about loss, regret and the pain it inevitably causes in its wake. But it is also about finding hope in that loss and coming out the other side with a positive and grateful perspective.

In their original formation, the band-comprised of various musicians over the years, but always centered around the songwriting nucleus of singer Steve Jennings and guitarist Nicholas Piscitello. It wasn’t until 2018 that Jennings and Piscitello began to seriously think about kickstarting the band once again.

By early 2022, an idea was hatched to record a few of the songs that they had gotten to a point of near completion. They just needed a drummer to round out their new work. Ultimately, Jennings and Piscitelllo enlisted their friend, Fred Armisen, who had come up playing drums with the frenetic art-punks Trenchmouth. The result was the band’s first EP in nearly two decades, 2023’s Song Of Hope.

Song Of Hope also served as the hard launch of Spark of Life 2.0, which in the coming years would be rounded out by second guitar player Steve Sain and bass player Chris Sprat-both seasoned hardcore vets, with Sain cutting his teeth in bands like Social Justice and Downset. And, ultimately, the band was made whole again, when Nick’s brother Anthony returned to the fold to once again take on drum duties – permanently.