Louisville-based trio Wombo — Sydney Chadwick, Cameron Lowe and Joel Taylor — exploded into the national scene with last year’s critically applauded Fairy Rust. Building upon a growing profile, the Louisville-based trio’s follow-up effort, Slab EP is slated for a June 16, 2023 release through Fire Talk Records.
Recorded by Nick Roeder, the forthcoming EP is reportedly a loose, instinctual grouping of songs that gradually morph into sonic territory that’s familiar to those familiar with the band’s experimental and surrealistic escapism, as well as sweeter. stripped-down sets. Most of the EP’s guitar parts are scratch takes that fit both the dealing energies and international 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 settling naturally into their own sound while in constant evolution.
The EP’s latest single, EP title track “Slab” is built around wiry and scratchy bursts of guitar, relentless four-on-the-floor paired with Chadwick’s dreamy and detached delivery singing lyrics that feel and sound like stream-of-consciousness non-sequiturs. “Slab” manages to be forceful yet dreamy and reveals an uncanny sense for catchy melody. The band explains that the lyrics were inspired by a book Chadwick had red abated dissociation, and came from improvising lyrics in the band’s basement practice space.
Directed by the band, fittingly, the video is a surrealistic fever dream that follows Chadwick as she walks from the basement studio through a pharmacy, a replica of her house, front porch and imaginary bedroom — and features a journal entry about a dream she had superimposed over it all.
Following opening slots for The Breeders, Dehd, and Deeper in the States, the members of Wombo will be making their UK and European debut and in includes sets at The Great Escape and Dot to Dot Festivals, as well as headlining shows across London, Manchester, Paris, Leeds, Glasgow and more.
UK and European Union Tour
05.12 – London, UK @ Moth Club
05.13 – Brighton UK @ The Great Escape
05.14 – Manchester, UK @ YES (Mood Swings)
05.16 – Newcastle, UK @ Bobik’s
05.17 – Leeds, UK @ Hyde Park Book Club
05.18 – Birmingham, UK @ Dead Wax
05.20 – Bucharest, RO @ Control Club
05.22 – Paris, FR @ Supersonic
05.23 – Luxembourg, LU @ Rotondes
05.25 – Oxford, UK @ The Jericho Tavern
05.26 – Newport, UK @ Le Pub
05.27 – Bristol, UK @ Dot to Dot Festival
05.28 – Nottingham, UK @ Dot to Dot Festival
05.30 – Glasgow, UK @ The Hug & Pint
05.31 – Edinburgh, UK @ Hidden Door Festival
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