Slowcoaches‘ songs are like riots that begin, escalate, and end in under three minutes. Their self-described “slack metal” is the kind of catchy, high-octane music that whips up the give-no-shits of early punk, grunge’s heavy-handed nonchalance, and the lead guitar and vocal melodies of 90s indie. Put simply: they wail, as Wayne Campbell and Garth Algar would say.
We’re premiering the video below, which was conceptualised and created by Maria Cecilia Tedemalm. Here’s what vocalist/guitarist Heather has to say about it:
“Maria and I did the cake stuff on Valentine’s day. I walked in to this cake shop and asked for 2 cans of whipped cream and the cake and they looked at me and I had to be like ‘yeah it’s the one with my face on it’. I bet they wondered what sort of fucked up Valentines day I was planning out. I ate the whole cake anyway. I had to keep stopping to spew it out but I did it. Maria has a really dark twisted imagination and a wicked sense of humour and she was like really encouraging me. When she suggested the idea for this video initially it was just so perfect because part of the song is about trying to lose my old head; the dark bit of my head. It was actually a really good process to go through. Eating that cake. It felt kind of like cathartic.”
Ex Head from Slowcoaches forthcoming debut album Nothing Gives. Download at slowcoaches.bandcamp.com
Saturday 12 March – Nottingham, The Chameleon
The Fat Angel Sings 