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TOLD SLANT – ” Low Hymnal “

Posted: December 8, 2016 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Felix Walworth, singer and drummer of Told Slant, is a three time veteran of the Tiny Desk after performing with the bands Bellows, Eskimeaux and Florist, Told Slant is part of The Epoch, a collective of unlike-minded best friends. Told Slant makes dark, delicate indie rock in the same vein. Felix wrote the music for “Low Hymnal” as just a tune that remained unfinished with for about a year before the lyrics arrived quickly following a series of personal crises. “Did I invite disillusionment and self-hatred into my life when I started writing about them?” Felix says. “Probably.” Told Slant is the project of drummer/singer Felix Walworth. What I love about his drumming is that it’s a thunderous propellant, an essential element to the song without being up front and in the way of the voice and guitars. Felix stands behind a very large bass drum on a makeshift stand and plays organic rhythms on mostly bottom heavy drums with arms flailing in ways I didn’t know was really possible. All the while his voice conjures up the hiccup of Sparks and deep power of Bryan Ferry or Lou Reed, but more fun.

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Told Slant’s “Going By” was released June 17th on Double Double Whammy Records.

TOLD SLANT – ” Going By “

Posted: November 7, 2016 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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We frequently overlook volumes of impactful music because they seem to blend into to the background of our lives while more talked-about albums come to the forefront. In the same way, we often fail to dissect the smaller moments that make up the majority of our lives. Felix Walworth of Told Slant sits comfortably in spaces between, makes a home among the overlooked. A trip to the deli, a new sweater, the shade of someone’s nail polish, not knowing what to say—“Going By” envelops all the moments and things that comprise the scenery of our lives and extracts emotionally-tangible meaning in a sound that’s as fluidly powerful as crushing lyrics it houses

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TOLD SLANT – ” Low Hymnal “

Posted: July 21, 2016 in MUSIC
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Felix Walworth has been involved with countless other bands you already know and love, including another entry on this list, Florist, and other Epoch groups Eskimeaux and Bellows. But Told Slant is their (Walworth uses gender neutral pronouns) own personal project and “Going By” is the second official release from them–they previously shared an album via Bandcamp, 2012’s Still Water. The fragility of Walworth’s voice belies a quiet strength and introspection that typifies the songs on Going By, whether it’s the whispering tremor of “Delicate” or a hushed triumphant epiphany on “Low Hymnal”: Felix, you can battering ram this life. This is intricate, intimate folk-rock for the tender-hearted and downtrodden, skeptics need not apply.

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