Slow Pulp is More Than Your Bacchanal Support Act
This year’s Bacchanal is for the yearners. With both pit danceability and lyrics that hurt if you pay too much attention, Slow Pulp is bringing classic indie-rock to Low steps as your Bacchanal support artist. But after that, they may very well become the headliner of your own dance, angst, or sad playlists.
The Chicago-based, Madison-born band first consisted of bassist and vocalist Alex Leeds, drummer Teddy Matthews, and guitarist Henry Stoehr, who had been playing together since grade school before meeting their lead vocalist and guitarist, Emily Massey, in college. Massey describes their immediate chemistry upon joining the band to James Hendicott: “When we started playing music together it felt like I had known them my whole life in some strange way.” This chemistry, she adds, is most palpable in their live shows – how lucky are we?
If your initial Spotify search of Slow Pulp leads you to the songs I cried to in high school, mostly from their debut studio album Moveys, I suggest you first listen to their newer EP Yard: a still lyrically complex but more upbeat and moshable collection of songs sure to bring the Bacchanal energy. “I was able to be so emotionally vulnerable as myself, I didn’t feel like I had to be anything for anybody else,” Massey tells Variety of writing the album. This vulnerability doesn’t have one particular sound, though: Yard brings a broad range of emotions and melodies to their already diverse discography.
In fact, here’s a quick list of Slow Pulp essentials for you to…
Headbang to:
- High
- Doubt
- Cramps
- Do You Feel It
Head bob to (funky melodies, chiller beats):
- Falling Apart
- At Home
- Idaho
- New Media
and cry to:
- New Horse
- Fishes
- New Horse
- Did I say New Horse?
Check out these songs along with their Spotify and Apple Music mixes and get hyped to hear the grungy sounds of Slow Pulp on April 4th!