Exeter-based alt-indie band Soot Sprite have revealed their new single, ‘Vicious Cycles’. The band shimmers in their raw energy, with a hazy blend of indie and shoegaze influences forming a sound that ebbs and flows between dynamic high points and soft, intimate lows. “The single is about addressing your patterns of behaviour and the damage done in previous relationships,” they say of the track. “The fear of retribution for the smallest of hiccups that sticks with you long after the impacting relationship is done ‘Can’t wash off the oil from your spill.’ The thought that you’ll never fully shake it off.” Soot Sprite are gearing up to release their new album, Wield Your Hope Like A Weapon, on May 16th, 2025, via Specialist Subject. Catch them live around the UK this summer. -Dan Peeke