Spiritual Cramp are a Bay Area Post-Punk band, who "exist in a strange vacuum somewhere between David Byrne's over-sized suit and a bar fight between a bunch of drunk goons on Polk Street in San Francisco." Honestly, for a Punk-adjacent band, Spiritual Cramp are surprisingly active on social media with frontman Michael Bingham running Twitter & Instagram accounts, @MBinhgam87 & @spiritualcramptv, as well as a YouTube channel dubbed "Spiritual Cramp Television." Although, maybe, social media is the new "DIY" for entrepreneurial 21st Century Post-Punk/Hardcore/Punk bands. In addition to Bingham, Spiritual Cramp consists of ex-members of Creative Adult, Fearing, Profile, and Primal Rite. Michael Bingham initially formed Spiritual Cramp in 2017 and their first official release—aside from Mass Hysteria Demo 2017 cassette—was their Mass Hysteria 7-inch EP on REACT! Records/Deathwish Inc. and their 2018 Police State 7-inch EP on Deranged Records. I have to admit, I've been diggin' Spiritual Cramp's releases since Stereogum's Tom Breihan first covered Mass Hysteria back in Dec. 2017 and have even been in direct contact with Michael Bingham, via email, but until now, the dots haven't exactly connected to run a feature on The Witzard. Spiritual Cramp have since been feature on concert bills in support of American Nightmare, CCR Headcleaner, Fiddlehead, Fireburn, Ty Segall's GØGGS, No Warning, Pissed Jeans, Protestor, and Torso, as well as a "Goth Dance Party" with The Not & MOXA.


Now, Spiritual Cramp have effectively returned to the dimly-lit Bay Area Post-Punk "spotlight," after a few days-worth of teasers on both Twitter & Instagram, with a flashy music video for a brand spankin' new track called "The Erasure." It's the first track from Spiritual Cramp's forthcoming TELEVISION 12-inch compilation, which Michael Bingham says will consist of "4 new tracks, 2 covers, and both EP's compiled on a 12-inch;" so, that's 4 newly-penned tracks (1 of which being "The Erasure,") 2 unspecified covers, and the entirety of both Spiritual Cramp's Mass Hysteria & Police State EP's. "New 12" compilation "TELEVISION" out 10/12, via @derangedrecords. Here's the first single/video! Thanks so much to @dogfilmstudios for killing it on this and all our homies for coming out and being a part of it. This sh*t was wild to make! link in bio. Much love y'all 📺," @spiritualcramptv exuberantly posted Thursday afternoon. Spiritual Cramp's TELEVISION 12-inch is now available for pre-order from Deranged Records (@derangedrecords) in "4 variations of splatter to match the design of the print on this project:" 100 copies each of RED splatter, BLUE splatter, YELLOW splatter, and RED+BLUE+YELLOW splatter, as well as standard BLACK limited edition 12-inch vinyl. As per Deranged Records, pre-ordered records will be shipping the third week of October. When asked if he had anything in particular concerning Spiritual Cramp's TELEVISION 12-inch, "The Erasure," etc. frontman Michael Bingham simply stated: "Nothing in particular. Just hope people enjoy the music and connect in some way. Hope it makes some kid feel less alone in the world." A frequently updated rolling list of Spiritual Cramp's upcoming shows (now, Oct. 12-21st) can be found on the far right-hand side of their Bandcamp page.

"THE ERASURE" LYRICS:

"I used to know just where I'm supposed to go.
I used to be someone just like me.
I used to feel anything I want to feel.
Those things escaped me. You can't erase me too.
I used to f**k anyone I want to f**k.
It used to be just me and only me.
I used to think anything I want to think.
Those things escaped me. You can't erase me, too.
I'm The f***in' Eraser."