“Slab” is the new EP from Louisville-based Wombo available digitally on Fire Talk. With past accolades from Bandcamp, Brooklyn Vegan, the FADER, Pitchfork, Paste & Flood, “the band’s expertly executed art-rock sound is complete with droning guitars, frenetic chords, and angular melodies that make it impossible not to get up and move to” (Uproxx). “Slab” continues their perchance for mesmerizing dreamscapes and eerily addictive refrains on this homespun, transitional EP.
“The band’s expertly executed art-rock sound is complete with droning guitars, frenetic chords, and angular melodies that make it impossible not to get up and move to.”
Recorded by Nick Roeder in the band’s hometown of Louisville, Wombo’s new EP, “Slab“, is a loose, instinctual grouping of songs that gradually morph into sonic territory that’s at once familiar to those already indoctrinated with the band’s experimental doses of surrealist escapism; as well as sweeter, stripped-down shapes. Most of the guitar parts from the EP are scratch takes that fit both the dueling energies and intentional imperfections of the songs, with overlaid vocals recorded on the same day. The result is an of-the-moment snapshot of a band that’s both settling naturally into a sound all their own while still remaining in constant evolution.
The trio of Sydney Chadwick, Cameron Lowe and Joel Taylor sound more comfortable than ever, guiding the listener through a cohesive framework of peculiar hymns in a language only they can translate.
the “Slab” EP out June 9th on Fire Talk Records
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