CALM THE FØCK DOWN AND LISTEN TO SLØTFACE
NORWEGIAN UPSTARTS ANNOUNCE NEW SINGLE SPONGE STATE, OUT MAY 27 | LIVE IN LONDON APRIL 8
SLØTFACE by name, Slutface by nature. Norway’s favourite fresh-faced feminists return with a new name and single in tow. What’s in a name? Perhaps not as much as what’s in a cause, with latest cut ‘Sponge State’echoing the band’s signature screed with rallying force.
“Sponge State is our term for the feeling that something needs to change,” explains vocalist Haley Shea. “The song is a reaction to the apathy and lack of action that is symptomatic of our generation. It is about the fact that making the world a better place isn’t about sharing a post or tweeting. Social media is a powerful tool for social change, but real change comes about by doing things and being an active participant.
“Specifically, it is meant as an encouragement to our peers. Lots of them say that they wish they could get more engaged, or protest, or that they wish things were more like they were in the 60s and 70s, and I thought a lot of those same things when I was younger. But there are real causes to get engaged in, in the real world, and it is our job, as the generation coming of age, to change things,” she says.
The track is lifted from Sløtface’s forthcoming debut EP, also titled ‘Sponge State’, released May 27th via Propeller Recordings. The four-track EP includes previous singles ‘Kill ‘Em With Kindness’, ‘Shave My Head’ and‘Get My Own’ – earning the collective praise of Consequence of Sound,NME, DIY, Kerrang! and Annie Mac, BBC Radio 1. It follows their recent live session with new music oracle John Kennedy at Radio X.
Fresh from a UK Tour with Fufanu (Iceland), Sløtface is announced for a London headline at KOKO on Friday, April 8th as Øya Festival teams up with Club NME; joined by fellow Bergen rockers Great News. TicketsHERE, full details below…
Sløtface and Great News also A/B-side the upcoming Øya Festival 7” – an exclusive run that lands just ahead of Record Store Day, featuring artwork by Norwegian artist Oscar Gronner.
‘Sponge State’ is out now via Propeller Recordings – taken from the forthcoming EP, out May 27th >> facebook.com/slotfaceofficial | twitter.com/slotfaceband | instagram.com/slotfaceofficial
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