Slow Crush’s “While You Dream Vividly” is a hauntingly ethereal journey through the layers of longing and surrender. “We wanted to capture the sensation of being tethered to someone yet drifting weightlessly, lost in the surreal beauty of the moment,” the band reveal. With its slow, hypnotic rhythm and melancholic tones, the song pulls listeners into a dreamscape where time fades and only connection remains. Frontwoman Isa Holliday’s gorgeous “true blue” lyrics echo like a timeless promise, leaving you floating, falling, and forever yearning.
On Thirst, Slow Crush’s dynamic textures, propulsive rhythms and gauzy riffs glow bright as ever, but this time with more grit. The past few years off the road have given the four-piece space to breathe and create since the release of their two critically acclaimed albums, Aurora (2018) and Hush (2021), which have sold over several tens of thousands physical copies, cementing them on the forefront of rock / shoegaze. When the time came to head into the studio, vocalist / bassist Isa Holliday, drummer Frederik Meeuwis, guitarists Jelle Ronsmans and Nic Placlé decamped to The Ranch in Southampton, U.K., to work with producer Lewis Johns with no expectations in mind, aside from a metamorphosis.
Thirst’s ten tracks are a thematic cascade of noise that echoes the end and bursts into new life. The riffs are heavier, the vocals are dreamier and more emotional than ever. Isa broke new ground in her vulnerability when while in the recording booth. There were several songs she couldn’t record without dissolving into tears – her deepest excavation of feelings yet.
Thirst’s overarching themes are what Isa describes as “the fragility of human connection, and the complexity of love and self-identity.” In the depths of distance and absence, the heart trembles, torn between love and loneliness, as if clinging to the fragile thread of a connection that may unravel at any moment. The reunion can feel glorious, the connection sparkling new again for a while.
Isa explains, “We want people to let themselves go and feel embraced by the music, so that they can experience it in 4D. That's what we hear a lot from people who come to see us live, or people who've listened to our previous albums, is that we take them to another dimension. I think that's something that we miss in this day and age with everything that's going on in the world, making us very aware of everything outside, but not allowing us to just be in the moment as much as you should. We want to let people take a moment for themselves and let the music take them wherever they would like to go.”
Thirst sees its release August 29 via Pure Noise Records, their first for the label. Slow Crush are set for a headlining Fall run which kicks off on the East Coast in early September and covers both coasts, the midwest and more. Tickets are on sale now. See below for a full list of dates and artwork.
Thirst’s ten tracks are a thematic cascade of noise that echoes the end and bursts into new life. The riffs are heavier, the vocals are dreamier and more emotional than ever. Isa broke new ground in her vulnerability when while in the recording booth. There were several songs she couldn’t record without dissolving into tears – her deepest excavation of feelings yet.
Thirst’s overarching themes are what Isa describes as “the fragility of human connection, and the complexity of love and self-identity.” In the depths of distance and absence, the heart trembles, torn between love and loneliness, as if clinging to the fragile thread of a connection that may unravel at any moment. The reunion can feel glorious, the connection sparkling new again for a while.
Isa explains, “We want people to let themselves go and feel embraced by the music, so that they can experience it in 4D. That's what we hear a lot from people who come to see us live, or people who've listened to our previous albums, is that we take them to another dimension. I think that's something that we miss in this day and age with everything that's going on in the world, making us very aware of everything outside, but not allowing us to just be in the moment as much as you should. We want to let people take a moment for themselves and let the music take them wherever they would like to go.”
Thirst sees its release August 29 via Pure Noise Records, their first for the label. Slow Crush will return to the road with an expansive European headlining tour this fall. Kicking off on October 31 at Ancienne Belgique in their hometown of Brussels, the band will bring their signature haze-drenched sound across 13 countries, wrapping up in Cologne, Germany on November 30.
Slow Crush EU Live Dates:
Direct support: Keep
Support on select dates: Oversize, Newmoon, Glazyhaze, Mondaze, Fall Of Messiah
Oct 31 – Brussels, BE – Ancienne Belgique
Nov 01 – Rotterdam, NL – Rotown
Nov 02 – Utrecht, NL – Ekko
Nov 04 – Hamburg, DE – Headcrash
Nov 05 – Copenhagen, DK – Beta2300
Nov 06 – Berlin, DE – Badehaus
Nov 08 – Budapest, HU – Dürer Kert
Nov 09 – Vienna, AT – Das Werk
Nov 11 – München, DE – Kranhalle
Nov 12 – Bern, CH – ISC Club
Nov 13 – Ravenna, IT – Bronson
Nov 14 – Milan, IT – Slaughter Club
Nov 15 – Lyon, FR – O Totem Live
Nov 16 – Toulouse, FR – Le Rex
Nov 18 – Barcelona, ES – Upload
Nov 19 – Madrid, ES – Nazca
Nov 20 – Bilbao, ES – Stage Live
Nov 22 – Bordeaux, FR – Sortie 13
Nov 23 – Nantes, FR – Le Ferrailleur
Nov 25 – Paris, FR – Backstage by the Mill
Nov 26 – Karlsruhe, DE – Jubez
Nov 27 – Neunkirchen, DE – Stummsche Reithalle
Nov 28 – Jena, DE – Café Wagner
Nov 29 – Leipzig, DE – UT Connewitz
Nov 30 – Köln, DE – Helios 37
Thirst Tracklist:
1 - Thirst
2 - Covet
3 - Cherry
4 - Leap
5 - Hollow
6 - Haven
7 - While You Dream Vividly
8 - Bloodmoon
9 - Ógilt
10 - Hlýtt
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