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IV of Spades vocalist and bassist Zild Benitez has been quite busy during quarantine. No, it’s not with the band this time. He’s flying solo for a special project that is near and dear to his heart.

Zild is aware: putting out consecutive records not quite a half-year apart would inevitably lead to invocations of Taylor Swift’s sister albums ‘Folklore’ and ‘Evermore’. “I know, I know – but ...