Establishing the mood with ethereal bell tones, expanding into a fierce and visceral guitar soundscape with bold rock drum riffs, Spinors open You Loved The Cage (stylized as: You loved the cage) with intrigue and instrumental mastery. The opus expands with cerebral notions as we experience a magnetic guitar performance and the lyrics, “We were both in chains together, we shared our food when we knew it wasn’t enough, I gave you my shoulder when you were breaking, I was the one who told you everything would be fine…”
In essence You Loved The Cage serves as a heartbreak song about a relationship that falls apart when one party finally finds freedom. The lyricism explores two sides of a breakup. On one end, we feel abandoned after standing by our partner through thick and thin, on the other end, our partner may simply have outgrown the relationship.
The songwriting is intelligent and the music video takes this emotional ambiguity to another level by presenting a wider perspective on the couple’s story. While the narrator initially appears to be the abandoned partner, the visuals reveal that the woman remains trapped in the cycle of addiction, whilst the man has managed to overcome his own struggles and move forwards. Suddenly, the idea of freedom becomes much more complicated.
There is a wonderful contrast between the track’s dark, almost claustrophobic atmosphere and its memorable melodic hooks, making the composition both visceral and accessible. The guitar solo is another standout moment, incorporating Arabic-scale influences that take advantage of the song’s harmonic ambiguity.
Based in London and founded by Argentinian singer and guitarist Sergie Code, Spinors fuse alt rock with a distinctive steampunk aesthetic. The band’s name references the quantum concept of particles capable of existing in multiple states, which feels particularly fitting for music that changes meaning depending on the listener’s perspective.
Sergie Code also directed and edited the music video. Nawe played drums, Santi played bass, and Nico Resnikof handled mixing and mastering. Cinematically, we could imagine the track complementing the dark psychological tension of Joker, the addiction and fractured relationships explored in Beautiful Boy, or the emotionally turbulent worlds of Requiem for a Dream and the Oscar-winning, One Battle After Another. Its brooding intensity could also find a natural home in The Day of the Jackal, Sons of Anarchy, The Bear or Peaky Blinders. Fans of System of a Down and Queens of the Stone Age would also be able to connect with what Spinors are creating.
Needless to say, we are in awe, and have added You Loved The Cage to our New Music Spotlight playlist, and our TIMELESS and TRIPPY playlists, whilst we continue to stream Spinors‘ wider discography, including Walk Alone and Choose To Believe.