SLOW DEGRADE Share New Single "Lead Me Down" — LISTEN // Headline US Tour Begins This May
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After gaining buzz as a viral artist-to-watch, rising Mobile, Alabam heavy shoegaze band Slow Degrade share a brand new single entitled "Lead Me Down" out now.
"I wrote 'Lead Me Down' about my brother's past relationship and watching him change who he is to fit the mold of someone he thought cared for him," Shane Prickett says. "The relationship impacted my brother, and seeing him go through that really affected me. My brother, being somebody that was always so uplifting and happy, the change in character was really apparent and it hurt me to see him go through that."
To bring the track to life, Slow Degrade worked with producer Kevin DeLeon, mixer Austin Coupe [Moodring, The Devil Wears Prada, Thousand Below], and mastering engineer Chris Gehringer [Turnstile, Fall Out Boy, Twenty One Pilots].
The song entangles spacey synths within a web of fuzzed-out distortion. Thick riffs abound, while ethereal vocals practically hover above the verses. It climaxes on a plea during the chorus "Just lead me down." The outro bridge explodes in a catharsis of screams and thudding percussion.
Confronting the complexity of a one-sided relationship, "Lead Me Down" illuminates the group's entrancing dynamics, unfiltered emotionality, and impeccable songcraft.
Next up, Slow Degrade will launch a North American headline tour this May alongside Commoner. It kicks off on May 8 at Hole In The Wall in Austin, TX, visits major markets across the Southwest and West Coast, and concludes on May 15 at Taverna in Las Vegas, NV. Check out the full confirmed itinerary below.
Following a quiet grind in Alabama scene, Slow Degrade caught fire with "Who Will Fix Me Now?" The latter surged on TikTok and reeled in over 3.46 million streams thus far as the band continues to average 216K monthly listeners on Spotify. In its wake, they ignited Who Will Fix Me Now? EP, supported Holywater on the road, and embarked on completely sold-out East Coast headline jaunt accompanied by The Missing Peace and Cheam.
"Who Will Fix Me Now?" placed Slow Degrade on the verge of a breakthrough, by going viral. Now, they represent a new vanguard of heavy shoegaze acts to rise from Alabama's fertile underground scene.
They are the face of the new alt underground in 2026.
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