#Slung

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New Video: Brighton's Slung Shares Brooding "Collider"

New Video: Brighton's Slung Shares Brooding "Collider" @HeyGroover @romainpalmieri @DorianPerron

Brighton, UK-based outfit Slung was initially the brainchild of its founding member and Small Pond Records label head Vlad Matveikov (bass) with the band actually being some time in the making: Mateikov randomly met Ali Johnson (guitar) at an Australian campground back in 2009. He fell in love with Katie Oldham (vocals) during COVID-19 related lockdowns. He had been familiar with drummer Ravi…

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Slung presents: Laughter

Power and impactfull song

A tight-knit crew of the formerly gifted and talented, Slung was forged to deliver blistering riffs, sinister drum patterns and sickly sweet vocals, all wrapped up in a tasty tortellini of 90's slacker rock nostalgia.

Slung are excited to announce their debut album ‘In Ways’ will be released via Fat Dracula on 2nd May. They’ve also announced a tour to celebrate the full length, and revealed its first single, the trauma-fueled, ribcage-rattling ‘Laughter’.

Vocalist Katie Oldham says “This song is about a face-off that’s been a long time coming, and the difficult relationships we can have with members of our family, especially our parents. When we’re children we’re so desperate for our parents' attention and approval that their dismissal or rejection can feel agonising. With an emotionally absent parent, trying desperately to earn love or consideration from someone who isn’t capable of giving it can be so destructive. This hurt can often develop into resentment as we age and we may even later villainise this person, wanting to fight, confront, defeat them.”

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Slung announce debut album ‘In Ways’ will be released 2nd May 2025 via Fat Dracula

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With a debut duo of singles at the tail end of 2024, Slung’s sounds piqued interest among discerning ears across the industry and internet. They’ve also been working hard in the real, physical world, earning a legion of fans the old fashioned way, by hitting the road hard before they’d even released a note of music. They’ll continue this with a tour to celebrate the album’s release this spring. Details below. 

Slung’s debut album is a collaborative combustion of its members’ experiences, circumstances and supreme musicianship. Their sonic universe - comprising the power of guitarist Ali Johnson’s incendiary riffs, vocalist Katie Oldham’s enviable dynamic and tonal range, bassist Vlad Matveikov’s undulating, yet grounding basslines and drummer Ravi Martin’s expert rhythmic punctuation - is a veritable musical supernova. Influences within the Slung camp are far reaching, with the band’s members referencing artists from Deftones and Baroness, to Wednesday and MJ Lenderman, to Queens of the Stone Age and even a sprinkling of Chappell Roan and Fleetwood Mac.

Initially the brainchild of Vlad, whilst he was living in Brighton, Slung were some time in the making. He tells of randomly meeting Ali at a campground in Australia in 2009, falling in love with Katie during lockdown and hearing a demo of drummer Ravi Martin’s old band in his other role running indie label Small Pond. The kernel of an idea for Slung began to germinate when Vlad’s previous band InTechnicolour disbanded, as he began to formulate new musical ideas, not knowing where they would lead him. 

Vlad started out by working with like-minded vocalists such as Ash Tubb (Sugar Horse), Zac Jackson (El Moono), Lucy Sheehan (Projector), Annie Dorret (CLT DRP) and Micahel Barton (Sick Joy). Bringing Katie on board as vocalist was its own journey. “First thing you need to know is that Vlad is an absolute machine,” she states, matter-of-factly. “He has creativity, passion and drive like nothing else, and an ability to ‘get shit done’ that is second to none. He approached me about two years ago with these demos to see if I wanted to work with him as a vocalist, and maybe try turning them into a band. I *totally* bitched out,” she admits, laughing. “My previous band (Sit Down) had only very recently fallen apart and my confidence was in the gutter - I just didn’t feel ready. But immediately from working with him (on just one track to begin with), I felt incredibly reassured and encouraged by him, and it was such a different songwriting experience than I’d had before. After about a year of convincing and with Vlad having successfully recruited Ali and Ravi, I finally took the plunge and joined.” Having found a musical home that really fits, she now remarks poignantly to the rest of the group and their journey together: “I can’t remember when you all became main characters in my life”. 

Katie’s storytelling and the compelling way she brings together personal, lived experience with more abstract, conceptual ideas and characters is evident throughout ‘In Ways’. Her inspirations range from sex workers and the power dynamics that come along with that profession (‘Class A Cherry’) to the tragic occurrences of bull fights in Spain (‘Matador’). ‘In Ways’ also contains some of the contributions from the band’s former collaborators along the way. The melodies for ‘Collider’ were largely conceived by El Moono’s Zac Jackson, which Katie adapted to fit a new lyrical narrative of a cult who are ruled by a deity they refer to as the ‘ritual prophet’ whom they converse with through the use of psychedelics. ‘Limassol’ started life with Mykl Barton from Sick Joy while Projector’s Lucy Sheehan worked the initial stages of ‘Come Apart’, a track which sounds like it could be the opening theme for a cult TV series like Breaking Bad or True Detective. The lyrics and melodies of ‘Heavy Duty’ are the result of creativity from both Katie and CLT DRP’s Annie Dorett. It’s an impactful song about generational trauma, the pain of growing up as a young girl and realising you’re being cultivated into a product the world wants to consume. “Men teach you to be quiet and obey from a young age,” explains Katie. “And so often we are raised to be as pretty and helpful as possible to serve men, to be their glamorous trophy, or servant to their every whim. I was exposed to a lot of this ideology as a kid, a lot by how my Father viewed women, and it’s taken me years to deprogram from it. Sometimes I still hear his voice coming out of mine when I react to things, the imprint of his temper flaring up in me.”

Katie communicates that one of her personal missions for the band relates to representation, inclusion, sisterhood and women being a more dominant force in music, whether that’s on stage, behind the scenes or in the crowd. She says “My love for women knows no bounds. Everything I do, I do for the girlies, the women and the female gaze exclusively. (This extends of course to ALL women inclusively, no TERF bullshit here.) There is just an unparalleled magical feeling when you’re around liberated, electrifying women who speak with honesty and clarity and without fear. The world is built to try and make us resent, envy and destroy each other, and I LOVE those moments where we realise we are more alike than what divides us. I want to be around women all the time, to be inspired by them, to connect with them and to share and to bond and unite.” 

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SLUNG ON TOUR:

Tickets available here

02 May Winchester - The Railway Inn 

03 May Brighton - Green Door Store 

04 May Cheltenham - Frog & Fiddle 

05 May Reading - Purple Turtle 

08 May Southampton - Heartbreakers 

09 May Northampton - The Garibaldi 

15 May Guildford - The Boileroom 

16 May Nottingham - JT Soar

17 May Norwich - Voodoo Daddy's 

23 May Bristol - Exchange (basement)

24 May Cardiff - Paradise Garden 

29 May Tunbridge Wells - Forum (basement) 

30 May Leeds - Wharf Chambers

31 May London - The Victoria

06 June Alton - The Lounge Bar 

SLUNG ARE:

Katie Oldham - vocals

Ali Johnson - guitar 

Ravi Martin - drums 

Vlad Matveikov - bass

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Slung - Laughter

Trauma-fuelled powerful rock track 'Laughter' is the latest by Slung, who'll be releasing their debut album 'In Ways' in May via Fat Dracula!

Trauma-fuelled powerful rock track ‘Laughter’ is the latest by Slung, who’ll be releasing their debut album ‘In Ways’ in May via Fat Dracula! Unapologetically heavy, thunderous and fanatic, ‘Laughter’ is instantly captivating and rather addictive in its unique right. Combining thick riffs with heavy drums, howling vocals and a catchy rhythm make for a great rock track a la YONAKA. On their new…

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Sorry Mauricio it’s for your own god

you should never admire living people because they could still do something to disappoint you in the future. if you really like someone and they're still alive you should kill them while they're still good

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Word

Patriotism /

a word often slung bluntly /

but not held deeply.

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#word #patriotism #slung #bluntly #held #deeply #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #davidebooker #knoxvilletennessee #july #thursday #070424 #2024

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Made the mistake of looking at the notes on that post punkitt recently made and ohhhhhhh lord and heaven actually seeing trans women in the wild saying that they have a right to fear trans men because of the "societal/patriarchal power" we hold over them makes me want to delete this app and never interact with another trans person again in my life. How in the world can you be that far gone to think that trans men have patriarchal power how in the fuck do you function as a human while being this ignorant.

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We as a society do not talk about Wasteland, Baby! on electric guitar enough!!!

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New Video: Brighton's Slung Shares a Bruising Ripper

New Video: Brighton's Slung Shares a Bruising Ripper @HeyGroover @romainpalmieri @DorianPerron

Brighton, UK-based outfit Slung may have initially been the brainchild of its founding member and Small Pond Records label head Vlad Mateikov (bass) but the band was actually some time in the making; Mateikov randomly met Ali Johnson (guitar) at an Australian campground back in 2009. He fell in love with Katie Oldham (vocals) during COVID-19 related lockdowns. He had been familiar with drummer…

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Slung presents: Fire to Burn 🔥

Classic hard rock song

A tight-knit crew of the formerly gifted and talented, Slung was forged to deliver blistering riffs, sinister drum patterns and sickly sweet vocals, all wrapped up in a tasty tortellini of 90's slacker rock nostalgia.

"It’s for women persecuted across our world since the dawn of time. It’s for any and all individuals suffering daily beneath the tyranny of the patriarchal regimes that govern our lives. And it’s for those who refuse to be crushed beneath this force.

My heart aches every day at the obscene horrors our sisters around the world are subjected to, and these are just the stories that reach us. And sometimes the rage in my blood boils with such fury at those responsible that it almost scares me.

But in this rage there is power, a power only magnified when we set our differences aside and gather together to fight back. So let’s go girlies - The only thing worth knowing is when there’s a fire to burn".

🔥🔥🔥 Listen this track Fire to Burn in Spotify:

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james potter saw small and miserable, wet cat looking ass regulus black and asked "anyone gonna take this?" and didn't wait for an answer

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Slung Released New Song And Video "Fire To Burn"

Image courtesy of the band. UK-based modern rock band Slung has just released an intense music video for their latest single, “Fire to Burn,” directed and edited by Jordan Kai Wright. The video brings a gritty visual flair that matches the song’s powerful riffs and dark, smoldering atmosphere, adding depth to Slung’s signature modern rock sound. Currently available as a standalone digital…

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Diapey need changey???

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Haiku yo you Thursday: “Word”

Word Patriotism / a word often slung bluntly / but not held deeply. . . #word #patriotism #slung #bluntly #held #deeply #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #davidebooker #knoxvilletennessee #july #thursday #070424 #2024