Slowcoaches just released a new single Complex, but never ones to rest easy, they are back with something special for Halloween. They’ve covered The Misfits’ Skulls in typically raucous fashion. As vocalist/bassist Heather says, ‘I thought in some ways it might seem a bit hypocritical to be covering The Misfits. They’re a band I grew up with and, in a lot of ways, they define the kind of bands that inspired me in my youth – brutal lyrics and an appearance and attitude that’s really hyper-masculine. It was kinda weird to sing something so gruesome and shocking. But I’ve yelled those lyrics many a time with a smile on my face. I guess The Misfits, like a lot of bands, raise the question of where a ‘performance’ begins and ends. And if you’re ever going to delight in the macabre then well then that’s what Halloween is for.’
https://soundcloud.com/slowcoaches-399408412/skulls/
No doubt Slowcoaches will be celebrating Halloween all week as their headline tour of the UK continues, culminating at London’s Boston Music Room on Thursday before it rolls on over to Germany.
A cutting observational slice of fervent grunged-up punk, Slowcoaches’ latest single Complex was a first glimpse of what’s to come from Slowcoaches on their yet-to-be-finished second album which will be released at some point in 2018 via Leisure & District. The single will be available this side of the new year on screenprinted 7” vinyl, backed by a venomous cover of Fang’s The Money Will Roll Right In.
Oct / Nov 2017 Headline Tour:
30/10/2017 – UK, Bristol – The Louisiana
31/10/2017 – UK, Oxford – Cellar
01/11/2017 – UK, Brighton – The Joker
02/11/2017 – UK, London – Boston Music Room
08/11/2017 Germany, Hamburg – Hafenklang
09/11/2017 Germany, Cologne – Blue Shell
10/11/2017 Germany, Berlin – Bei Ruth
11/11/2017 Germany, Munich – Milla
14/11/2017 Germany, Mainz – Schon Schon