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Spirits is an independent American rock band from Portland, Oregon, formed in 2017. They released their first single, "Anchors" on May 19th, 2018 with an accompanying music video, their second single, "Forever & Always", on February 23, 2019, and their debut EP, Novellas, was released on May 17, 2019.

The band's line-up currently consists of lead vocalist Sean Beard, guitarist and vocalist Riley Rose, bassist Michael Brinkley, and drummer Jackson Coffey.

Musical style, themes, and influences
Spirits' musical style has been described as emo, metalcore  , post-hardcore  , and rock , with elements of screamo, heavy metal, melodic death metal , symphonic metal , punk rock , pop-punk, and melodic hardcore.

Their lyrical content revolves around topics such as addiction, isolation, anger, depression and suicidal thoughts or actions, which the band's members themselves battle with daily.

The band's influences include The Amity Affliction, A Day To Remember, Blink-182, The Used , AFI, Amon Amarth, My Chemical Romance , Senses Fail, Hawthorne Heights, Taking Back Sunday , Linkin Park, Misfits , Incubus , Box Car Racer , Machine Gun Kelly , and Coheed and Cambria.

Current members

 * Sean Beard - lead vocals, unclean vocals (2017–present)
 * Riley Rose - unclean vocals, backing vocals (2017–present); guitar (2019–present)
 * Michael Brinkley - bass, backing vocals (2019-present)
 * Jackson Coffey - drums (2017–present)

Former members

 * Ben Gough - guitar; backing vocals (2017–2019)

EPs

 * Novellas (2019)