SLOWDIVE PRESENT ‘the slab’
NEW TRACK FROM FORTHCOMING ALBUM
everything is alive
OUT FRIDAY 1ST SEPTEMBER
VIA DEAD OCEANS
+ SOLD OUT AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND
HEADLINE TOUR, NEARLY SOLD OUT NORTH AMERICA DATES
Photo credit: Ingrid Pop
”skin in the game’ subtly surges forward, gliding with the delicate grace and breathtaking shimmer Slowdive fans have come to know and love.’
– Stereogum
‘It’s very dynamic, it’s very pretty, it’s got a lot of beautiful twinkly layers throughout a lot of the instrumental. It’s kind of everything that I was hoping for when the band came back out of their hiatus period.’
– The Needle Drop
”skin in the game’ is a cinematic, universe-spanning lamentation; a swirling, cathartic exorcism of impossible feeling.’
– Paste
Today, slowdive present their new track/video, ‘the slab’, from their highly anticipated fifth album, everything is alive, out Friday 1st September on Dead Oceans. Album closer ‘the slab’ crashes into existence with skittering percussion, fuzzed out guitars, and ominous synths. Following along slowdive’s electric trail of tracks — the ‘suave’ (NPR Music) ‘kisses’, and ‘skin in the game’, ‘a clarifying shoegaze reset from the masters themselves’ (NYLON) — ‘the slab’ continues previewing the sonic breadth of everything is alive to thrilling effect. On ‘the slab’, vocalist/guitarist Neil Halstead says, ‘This is the heaviest track on the record and as the name suggests we wanted it to feel like a big slab of music. We wanted it to feel very dense.‘ Last month Slowdive wrapped their sold out headline tour across Australia and New Zealand, playing six dates across the two countries.
In conjunction, Dead Oceans announces a series of listening sessions in New York and Los Angeles where attendees will get a first listen of everything is alive in Dolby Atmos® and in London with L-Acoustics Creations for an immersive sound experience of the new album. Fans will be able to enter a sweepstakes for a chance to attend. Later this fall, Slowdive will embark on a North American, UK and Ireland tour, with North American dates nearly sold out. A full list of dates is below and tickets are on sale now.
everything is alive Dolby Atmos Immersive Listening Sessions:
Wed 23 August – London, UK @ L-Acoustics Creations London [enter here]
Thu 24 August – New York, NY @ Dolby Screening Room NYC [enter here]
Thur 31 August – Los Angeles, CA @ Dolby Screening Room Hollywood Vine [enter here]
Spanning psychedelic soundscapes, pulsating 80’s electronic elements and John Cale inspired journeys, everything is alive contains the duality of Slowdive’s familiar internal language mixed with the exaltation of new beginnings. Dedicated to Goswell’s mother and Scott’s father, who both died in 2020, it’s an exploration into the shimmering nature of life and the universal touch points within it. ‘There were some profound shifts for some of us personally’, Goswell says. Those crossroads are reflected in the many-layered emotional tenor of Slowdive’s music; everything is alive is heavy with experience, but each note is poised, wise, and necessarily pitched to hope. Its unique alchemy subtly embodies both sadness and gratitude, groundedness and uplift.
Pre-order everything is alive: https://slowdive.lnk.
pre-order here – out Friday 1 September
1. shanty
2. prayer remembered
3. alife
4. andalucia plays
5. kisses
6. skin in the game
7. chained to a cloud
8. the slab
Slowdive 2023 Tour Dates:
Fri. Aug. 11 – Sicily, IT @ Ypsigrock Festival
Fri. Aug. 18 – Brecon Beacon, GB @ Green Man Festival
Sat. Sep. 23 – Toronto, ON @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre [SOLD OUT]
Mon. Sep. 25 – Boston, MA @ Citizens House of Blues Boston [SOLD OUT]
Wed. Sep. 27 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall [SOLD OUT]
Thu. Sep. 28 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall [SOLD OUT]
Fri. Sep. 29 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer [SOLD OUT]
Sat. Sep. 30 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club [SOLD OUT]
Mon. Oct. 2 – Cleveland, OH @ The Roxy @ Mahall’s [SOLD OUT]
Tue. Oct. 3 – Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre [SOLD OUT]
Wed. Oct. 4 – St. Paul, MN @ Palace Theatre
Fri. Oct. 6 – Denver, CO @ Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom [SOLD OUT]
Sat. Oct. 7 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Union
Mon. Oct. 9 – Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom [SOLD OUT]
Tue. Oct. 10 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo [SOLD OUT]
Thu. Oct. 12 – San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield [SOLD OUT]
Sat. Oct. 14 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Bellwether [SOLD OUT]
Sun. Oct. 15 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Bellwether [SOLD OUT]
Mon. Oct. 16 – San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield
Mon. Oct. 30 – Glasgow, UK @ QMU [SOLD OUT]
Tue. Oct. 31 – Manchester, UK @ Ritz [SOLD OUT]
Wed. Nov. 1 – Bristol, UK @ SWX [SOLD OUT]
Fri. Nov. 3 – London, UK @ Troxy [SOLD OUT]
Sun. Nov. 5 – Belfast, UK @ Mandela Hall
Mon. Nov. 6 – Dublin, IR @ National Stadium
Sat. Nov. 25 – Sun. Nov. 26 – Buenos Aires, AR @ Primavera Sound
Mon. Dec. 4 – Santiago, CL @ Teatro Coliseo
Thu. Dec. 7 – Asunción, PY @ Primavera Sound
Sat. Dec. 9 – Sun. Dec. 10 – Bogotá, CO @ Primavera Sound
See http://www.slowdiveofficial.
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