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Slow Club: Interview
Alternative folk has had a bit of an image overhaul of late, once again being a celebrated in the wake of bands like Noah and The Whale, The Mules and the Mercury Award nominated Laura Marling to name some of the talent circulating currently. Sheffield duo Slow Club are one of the latest alt-folk “it” bands to show up on the radar with an album in the pipeline and a plethora of interesting percussive instruments backing them up……saws, chairs, bottles, anything goes.
Comparisons have been thrown at them from all directions, ranging from the blatantly ridiculous Same Difference to Blood Red Shoes, or the UK’s answer to The White Stripes, “You know it doesn’t make me sick, it just makes me think the person that said that is stupid” claims Charles. Quite! Anyone who sees a similarity between the sugar coated holiday camp pop of Same Difference and the twee folk-pop musings of Slow Club is quite frankly an idiot… or deaf.
When asked about whether they agree with being labelled as alt-folk Charles is resolute and jokes, “it doesn’t matter to me, you can call us what you want! But don’t call me Shirley”. But all joking aside, the duo have been creating music loosely fitting within the confines of Nu-Folk and rockabilly, with romantic and quaint qualities set against stripped down guitars and bold percussive elements. Overall the resulting effect is something very rich in sound.
On record the sound is as immense as it could possibly be considering its basis, which live takes a whole different direction, “we love to make recordings huge” says Charles; “We can’t do it live so I think that’s more of a reason, then the record and the live shows are two different entities”. So in that case with a reputation for making their live shows visually enticing through their homemade percussion, how then is that reflected in the studio? “When we go into the studio, we usually take lots of items, but Beccy usually just ends up hitting the walls or the radiators to achieve the sound we want” says Charles.
And the studio is where Charles and Rebecca can currently be found, working with Baxter Drury on production duty after “our manager Mr.Bass introduced us to Baxter in a Turkish café off Hackney Road” and the rest as they say is history. With a release date of April or May this year and confirmation that it will be out on Moshi Moshi, as per their previous work, it is a highly anticipated LP that could give them the leg up into the mainstream that their fellow counterparts had in 2008. “We don’t really have a formulae for writing” ruminates Charles, “one of us will start working on an idea and then we both work on it till it’s done”. That simple then? Arguably some of their songs reflect that simplicity, whilst applying abundant innovation and careful consideration of the lyrics, the harmonies and the melodies; all the while maintaining their own unique stance.
Tilly and The Wall certainly agree, after inviting Slow Club to support them on their multi date UK tour which in Charles’ words was “awesome. We just wished it was a bit longer”. And then came their biggest show to date at urban church Union Chapel in December to coincide with their festive single ‘Christmas TV’, about “yaaa know!!! Christmas…being a bit miserable”. Practically a sell-out show, they invited friends such as Jay Jay Pistolet to play at the candle lit chapel which on afforded them a standing ovation and rave reviews.
With their tongue in cheek references to possibly being seen as ‘cooler’ in 2009, Slow Club are not the UK’s answer to The White Stripes, but a slightly off-the-wall and romantic approach to folk-pop without any rules.
Francesca Strange
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