NYC quintet Slow Fiction have today shared their new single, ‘When,’ via the esteemed Speedy Wunderground label as part of their renowned Speedy Singles series.
‘When’ propels the band forward with an urgent and confrontational energy across its concise three-minute duration, evoking a sense of a desperate sprint towards a resolution. Vocalist Julia Vassallo’s opening lines, “You are a clock without a face, You are a mouth without the taste,” immediately establish the band’s grappling with a perceived void in the world. The track’s precise and controlled intensity encapsulates Slow Fiction’s attempt to sculpt a sense of calm amidst the disorienting chaos of a downward spiral and the often-disappointing realities of the world.
Vassallo comments on the track,
I think everyone has had a moment where their expectation of the world, a relationship, the audience they are performing for falls short, and it sends you into a wild spiral downwards. Losing faith feels so desperate, like falling into a pit of snakes. And the snakes all have faces that seem familiar, and they’re talking, but the words are all garbled. I guess this was trying to get to the bottom of that pit of disillusionment, or maybe get out of it altogether.
