Slow Pulp, have announced their debut album, Moveys, out October 9 via Winspear (Barry). The songs on Moveys took shape while on tour with Alex G in 2019, after the band scrapped an album’s-worth of material following Massey’s diagnosis with Lyme disease and chronic Mono. The obstacles only continued from there, as Massey’s parents were soon after in a severe car crash…one week before COVID-19 shut the country down. Full of blistering energy and emotional catharsis, this compelling 10-track collection highlights the band’s resourcefulness and resilience to come together during unthinkable time.

Today, Slow Pulp shares Moveys lead single “Idaho.” Written on the road during tour-induced disorientation that led Stoehr to confuse their gig at Colorado College for a show in an entirely different state, “Idaho” bursts to life with shimmering guitars and Massey powerfully singing about the mental health hurdles that come with accepting love, “I’ll keep on holding out for the downside / Before I knew why.”

Slow Pulp
Moveys
Tracklisting
Winspear

1. New Horse
2. Trade It
3. Idaho
4. Track
5. At It Again
6. Channel 2
7. Whispers (In The Outfield)
8. Falling Apart
9. Montana
10. Movey

UK/EU Tour Dates:

2/15/21 – Glasgow, UK @ The Hug and Pint
2/16/21 – Manchester, UK @ YES
2/18/21 – London, UK @ The Shacklewell Arms
2/19/21 – Brighton, UK @ The Hope & Ruin
2/20/21 – Paris, FR @ Supersonic
2/22/21 – Brussels, BE @ Volta
2/23/21 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
2/24/21 – Berlin, DE @ Monarch
2/25/21 – Hamburg, DE @ Aalhaus
2/26/21 – Copenhagen, DK @ Huset

Tickets available here.

Slow Pulp first started working on new songs in the Spring of 2019, immediately after the release of their EP, Big Day, before scrapping the material following’s Massey’s Mono and Lyme diagnosis. “When we started writing this record, I had been experiencing so much fatigue and getting sick a lot and I didn’t know what it was,” she explains. “The diagnosis validated a lot of what I was feeling. I got tools for how to take care of myself better.” For Massey, taking care of herself meant more than just addressing her physical needs. “The way that I internalize trauma is I will hold it in and not process it for a very long time, but writing songs is the one place where I can’t hide from myself. It just comes out whether or not I want it to or if I’m ready for it to. Figuring out how to write together, as a band, was like me learning how to take care of myself and learning how to communicate better.”