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Remain

by The Slow Blade

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    The first two EPs by The Slow Blade on one cassette. Handed dubbed and assembled by Nugget Records in Beijing, China, it's a limited run of lo-fi and warm murder ballads and doom blues trips.

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1.
Remain 03:30
2.
Death Letter 03:28
3.
Officer Jack 03:12
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5.
Greyness 03:19

about

'Remain' is the debut EP from The Slow Blade, a project of Dann Gaymer (Guiguisuisui, Nekroma, Shining Dimensions, Daftpop), a British born artist who has spent the past decade living in Asia and touring the world. The Remain EP is a mix of minimal folk, dark blues, garage rock, and ambient soundscapes written while on the road in South Korea, Japan, and Thailand, and recorded in quarantine in Beijing, China.

The EP opens with ‘Remain’, the track which the EP takes its name from; a meditation on the fragility of human society in the face of disasters like the Covid-19 pandemic. Rather fittingly this is followed by ‘Death Letter’, a dark atmospheric reworking of the signature tune of legendary Delta bluesman Son House. Next is ‘Officer Jack’, a garage punk open letter in response to police brutality in memory of George Floyd and everyone else who lost their life due to injustice, itself a reworking of a track by lo-fi avant-garde group The Neon Pirates. ‘Rocking Chair’ is a sequel of sorts to ‘Remain’, imagining what it would be like to be the last soul alive on Earth. The final track ‘Greyness’ rounds off the EP with an ode to the things we still have in this world while so much has been lost, love and companionship.

This has been a turbulent year and yet we remain, how we move forward from here is the next chapter that needs to be written.

credits

released July 14, 2020

All songs by The Slow Blade except ‘Death Letter’ by Son House.

Dann Gaymer: vocals, guitar, bass, synths, harmonica, percussion
Kris Ruiz: drums on ‘Greyness’

Cover artwork by Dann Gaymer.

The Slow Blade logo was designed by MYD Productions.

Recorded, mixed, and mastered in Beijing, China.

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Daftpop Sounds London, UK

Daftpop is a London (formerly Beijing) based music and events label that focuses on bringing sounds and experiences off the beaten track to new audiences through digital releases, CDs, vinyl, cassette tapes, and events. The Unicat Attack! live electronic music/DJ parties are the brand’s flagship event, while previous productions include China’s edition of International Cassette Store Day. ... more

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