New York 5-piece Slow Fiction have released new single ‘When’, via Speedy Wunderground as part of the Speedy Singles series. ‘When’ finds the band sprinting toward a finish line, willing themselves forward across an urgent and confrontational three minutes. The band wrestles with the idea that something is missing from the world, with the opening lyrics from vocalist Julia Vassallo stating:
“You are a clock without a face,
You are a mouth without the taste”
‘When’s precise, controlled intensity is the sound of Slow Fiction attempting to forge some calm from the chaos of finding yourself in a downward spiral, looking out on a world that can often let you down. Vassallo comments:
“I think everyone has had a moment where their expectation of the world, a relationship, the audience they are performing for falls short, and it sends you into a wild spiral downwards. Losing faith feels so desperate, like falling into a pit of snakes. And the snakes all have faces that seem familiar, and they’re talking, but the words are all garbled. I guess this was trying to get to the bottom of that pit of disillusionment, or maybe get out of it altogether.”
‘When’ will be available on 7 inch on 25 April here, including a dub remix B side by Dan Carey, ‘Who Is the Dub’.
For more information on Slow Fiction please check their instagram and website.
