Spike Hellis to begin tour with Kontravoid, Adult. this week in support of "phenomenal debut"

Photo by Virgil Miller Los Angeles-based electronic duo Spike Hellis, comprised of Cortland Gibson and Elaine Chang, are set to begin their tour with Kontravoid and Adult. on Wednesday, April 13. The band is touring in support of their first full-length, self-titled album on April 1, 2022, under their imprint Over-Pop. Alice Teeple of Post-Punk calls it a "phenomenal debut." Visit Spike Hellis Private press page here. Private stream and download for review, feature and airplay consideration only here. Incorporating a wide range of elements from industrial, new beat, and techno to freestyle, electro, and EBM, their dark, experimental pop is sure to make you move to the pain. It wouldn’t be EBM if the overtones of manipulation, submission, and suffering weren’t prominent, and here, they certainly are. However, one of the many things that separate Spike Hellis from their contemporaries is the clever sampling and sound design. Their sequences are dynamically crafted and move effortlessly between all hard-dance subgenres. Spike Hellis (S/T) is preceded by their first EP Crisis Talk, of which its material contents seemed to seep into reality in the form of a widespread global pandemic—all as they were getting ready to put it out into the world. Rather than playing a release show, they put the tape out digitally while under lockdown in their downtown LA. .apartment. With tour abruptly cancelled, they immediately got to work on the forthcoming album. Since then, Spike Hellis hves gotten back on the road and completed their first U.S. tour in fall 2021, playing in good company with fellow artists and friends such as Choir Boy, Fearing, Soft Kill, Plack Blague, Riki, Nuovo Testamento, Twin Tribes, and Body of Light. They wrapped up their tour by playing day three of Substance Festival at The Belasco Theater in DTLA. Earlier this year they completed a successful headlining tour, which wrapped up in Los Angeles on March 4, before packing up again to head out in support of Adult. and Kontravoid across the U.S. in April and May. Follow Spike Hellis on: Spotify, Bandcamp, YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook.