When Mike McCabe, also known as Sugar Dirt and Sand, was an \u201cangsty little teenager,\u201d he turned to music as an outlet for his teenage emotions.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen all those teenage emotions come out, you’ve got to put it out in a kind of positive way,\u201d said McCabe. \u201cI don’t like that teenage kind of emo music anymore. Started moving away from that in my older years.\u201d<\/p>\n
While in college, McCabe played rhythm guitar and provided vocals in a band, which he says he is glad didn’t work out.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it was a fun experience, but I’m glad it didn’t work out. At some points we were doing it for the wrong reason. It got a little ego-driven.\u201d<\/p>\n
McCabe made plans to study abroad to Seville, Spain, with his girlfriend. He canceled his plans to stay behind and keep playing with his college band.<\/p>\n
\u201cI started playing music with these guys around the same time and I swiped on her. I basically said I had to stay back and play music.\u201d<\/p>\n
After school, McCabe found himself teaching in a bilingual school in Seville. On his first weekend there, he emailed the same girl, asking about local hangouts.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I went to those places, it was honestly a very supernatural experience, just the weight of her having been there and then me being there without her. It just kind of fucked with my head, I guess.\u201d<\/p>\n
McCabe used this emotional weight to write his new single, \u201cSevilla Song.\u201d The single has hard-hitting drums, bass solos and distortion, contrasting to the poppy-soulful and acoustic vibes of the other tracks.<\/p>\n
\u201c(Seville Song) could be a throwback from my more rock band days \u2026 That was really the best way to encapsulate the emotion that I felt. I couldn’t put that into some kind of acoustic song. It’s anger and bitterness.\u201d<\/p>\n
Listen to \u201cSevilla Song\u201d here:<\/p>\n
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