Richmond, VA alt-rock band The Barons share their pensive new tune, “Spider Song”, off the group’s dynamic debut record Le Château. The guitar-driven album, one that is both raw and refined, proudly introduces the five-piece band as they teeter out on the edge of something greater–pulsing with urgency and restless ambition. .
Born from a guitar riff, “Spider Song” is a somber, internal reflection piece that explores technology and societal pressures. “It plays off the fears previously touched on in tracks ‘Gator’ and ‘Gator II’ on the album. I often feel so pulled away from observing how the tiniest things in the natural world work by keeping up with tech and current societal standards. I wanted this song to be at a little moment to reflect on what we value as important and sustainable.”
With Le Château, a humorous nod to the band’s broken high school French, the group playfully and gracefully processes the difficulties of human connection in an increasingly digital world, the inevitability of aging and makes peace with change. Over ten tight tracks, the group harnesses their chaos into meaningful messages that strike a balance between light-hearted and serious tonesas they effortlessly find their own groove. Produced by Jacob Sommerio (English Oak Recording) over a few weeks in Richmond, Virginia, the group captured the band’s raucous live energy through analog recording.
The Barons is Peyton Alley (vocals, guitar, keys), Josiah Ragland (lead guitar), Kirtland Gray (bass guitar, backing vocals), Mathes Glymph (drums, backing vocals), and Jack Peacock (saxophone, keys). Formed in 2016, the band has shared many singles, most recently, “Bouquet” as well as two EPs, including 2023’s rock! or go to the association., and a live EP last year, The Bakery. Now, in 2025, the band is gearing up to firmly plant themselves in the budding indie alt-rock space with a sound and energy that is wholly their own.
