![]() I then discovered The New Year used to be Bedhead, one of the pioneers of a genre called slowcore. I bought The New Year's The End's Not Near album back in 2004 when I was 15 on a whim and fell in love with it. Not strictly a slowcore song in the purest sense, but it was my gateway into the genre. ![]() If that isn't a punk ideology, I'm not sure what is. Slowcore is constantly called boring, yet it is a sound that went against the grain at the time and due to the lengthiness of the songs they received little or no radio play. ' New Birds' has a particular slowcore vibe about it. ![]() Slowcore has went on to influence numerous bands such as Arab Strap (who met and bonded over their love for Slint and Smog). It's influence is still felt today with Low, Cat Power and Mark Kozelek becoming extremely successful in their own right. but the American press just said 'it's too slow', 'bring a pillow', 'go to the show if you need some sleep.'" " completely praised and hailed by the British press," Red House Painters/Sun Kil Moon songwriter Mark Kozelek told me, in a 1998 interview, "having people say things like ' Down Colorful Hill is the best album since Astral Weeks '. The American press found slowcore far too boring at the time, as shown by Red House Painter's/Sun Kil Moon's Mark Kozelek It wasn't really a scene in itself though, as each slowcore band was spread miles apart across America. Essentially, slowcore could be seen as a reaction to the grunge scene of that time, with the exception of Come who kind of bridge the gap between the two genres. Then came, in the early 90's, Low's idea to play very quietly and slowly to a crowds full of hardcore or grunge fans. Slowcore's roots come for the late 80's when bands such a Slint, Galaxie 500 and American Music Club were creating down-tempo songs which didn't really sit comfortably beside anything else happening at that time. How many people know or actually care what slowcore is? Īs much as this made me chuckle, it also made me have a wee think. This inspiration came from a Twittersation (groan) between Bart from Eagleowl and ardent music fan Tom Youll. Sometimes though, it can give you a bit of inspiration to start writing your tumbleweed-ridden blog again. Constant self-indulgent patter, the niggling fact in the back of your mind that Justin 'Nae Pubes' Bieber is more popular that you ever will be, everybody trying to out-funny everybody else. Twitter can be a pain in the arse sometimes. ![]()
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