Norway's Sløtface Release Critically Acclaimed Debut Album 'Try Not To Freak Out' Today

By: Sep. 15, 2017
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Norway's Sløtface release their hotly anticipated debut album Try Not To Freak Out today via Propeller Recordings/Nettwerk! With accolades pouring in from the US and abroad, the album is a massive stomper perfectly poised as a generational rallying cry. The band intimately covers issues - spanning from unrealistic beauty standards to adolescent dilemmas - with their signature brooding wit and epic punk chops. Delivered to the masses today, fans can purchase the album HERE or stream it at Spotify HERE.

Singer Haley Shea's forceful, firework-spitting punk slices through you with an immediacy and confidence of someone several records in. Her lyrics aren't explicitly gendered, but she transcends indie rock bravado and self-pity, instead aiming to dismantle the patriarchal structures that hurt society and block progress. Whether it's a love song from an unexpected perspective or a critique on power and ego, the foursome's message and undeniably catchy riffs have inspired critics and fans across the globe. Lorde offered praise to the band, Tweeting "omg this is rad!!!" to the band's rendition of herMelodrama track "Supercut" on Triple J's 'Like A Version'.

It's been a sensational year for Sløtface - clocking up more than 6000 plays across international radio, including weekly spins from Annie Mac, Huw Stephens and Phil Taggart on BBC Radio 1 and playlist adds at triple j(AUS) Virgin Radio and Radio X (UK). Following numerous European summer festivals and their very first Australian headline tour, the band aim to return to the US in the coming months. Full list of tour dates HERE. Stay tuned for opportunities to experience the band live in the US and for more news on Sløtface coming soon!



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