Slung’s new single ‘Class A Cherry’ takes inspiration from sex work and the power dynamics at play within that profession
The track features on the Brighton band’s debut album ‘In Ways’,
which is out 2nd May 2025 via Fat Dracula
UK tour to celebrate the release also kicks off in May
“airy, leaden-doom riffs and alluring vocal melodies” - Metal Hammer
“Heavy & hypnotising” - Kerrang!
“Slung are a doozy of a brand new band” - Loud Women
Riff-laced Brighton outfit Slung have released a further preview of their impending debut album ‘In Ways’, which is due for release 2nd May via Fat Dracula. ‘Class A Cherry’ is out today with its ominous, undulating bassline from Vlad Matveikov giving way to an immensely evocative vocal from Katie Oldham. The strings in this song were composed and performed by an amazing Ukrainian group called Kaska Studio String Section.
Katie says: “This song was inspired by strippers, escorts and sex workers and the power dynamics that come with that profession. It’s told from the perspective of a woman weaponizing the male gaze that she must endure regardless, and advising others to use it for their own advantage.”
With shades of metal, grunge and an all-round plethora of alternative influences, ‘In Ways’ has been breathed into life by Slung through the supreme ability of its members and their vision. The band’s line-up is completed by the accomplished Ali Johnson on guitar and powerhouse rhythm-master Ravi Martin on drums). Katie’s storytelling and the compelling way she brings together personal, lived experience with more abstract, conceptual ideas and characters, comes to the fore via a collaborative combustion of its members’ experiences, circumstances and accomplished musicianship.
Slung’s sonic universe is a veritable musical supernova, with the band’s members referencing influences as far-reaching as Deftones and Baroness, Wednesday and MJ Lenderman, Queens of the Stone Age and even Chappell Roan and Fleetwood Mac.
You can get a further taste of this with previously-released album cuts - playful recent track ‘Thinking About It’, the psych-infused ‘Collider’ and the trauma-fueled, ribcage-rattling ‘Laughter.
SLUNG ON TOUR:
02 May Winchester - The Railway Inn
03 May Brighton - Green Door Store
04 May Cheltenham - Frog & Fiddle
05 May Reading - Purple Turtle
09 May Northampton - The Garibaldi
15 May Guildford - The Boileroom
16 May Nottingham - JT Soar
17 May Norwich - Voodoo Daddy's
23 May Bristol - Exchange (basement)
24 May Cardiff - Paradise Garden
29 May Tunbridge Wells - Forum (basement)
30 May Leeds - Wharf Chambers
31 May London - The Victoria
06 June Alton - The Lounge Bar
30 August Burn It Down Festival, Torquay
SLUNG ARE:
Katie Oldham - vocals
Ali Johnson - guitar
Ravi Martin - drums
Vlad Matveikov - bass
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