We weren’t prepared for a snazzy cabaret jazz piano and saxophone foray to meet our off-guard ears when we got stuck into The Slackhead Incident’s latest track, but that’s exactly what we were greeted with, amongst some britpop Pixies-type tuneage and fantastically nimble bass guitar gymnastics.
Three singles in and the Glasgow post-punkers have evidenced already in their fledgling career that they don’t go by the conventional tune-makers handbook, with ‘Turtleneck’ taking things further into the realm of the unorthodox. Barked lead vocal non-sequiturs get placated by coo-ing backing vox, jangly guitars bounce artfully all over the shop and just enough of a tune takes off before the entire thing collapses into a merry series of drum breakdowns and astral keyboard noises. Glorious utter madness!
‘Turtleneck’ was released on 25th November 2023 and you can give it a listen on the Spotify link below:
Edge of Arcady 