“Slay & Slake,” the debut full length from Sam Mickens (The Dead Science, Xiu Xiu, Parenthetical Girls) will be released November 22nd on 180g LP and for digital download by Brooklyn imprint Shatter Your Leaves. An avant-glam masterpiece of epic design and execution, “Slay & Shake” hearkens back to the grand “concept albums” of the ’60s and ’70s, including albums such as Forever Changes and What’s Going On.
Composed and performed entirely by Mickens and recorded with Shatter Your Leaves-head Stu Watson at his Crazy Cat House studio in Brooklyn over several manic all-night sessions, “Slay & Slake” features a diverse choir of guest vocalists, including Craig Wedren (Shudder to Think), Zac Pennington (Parenthetical Girls) and underground NY rap legend MF Grimm. The record also includes partial covers/interpolations of songs by Freddie Mercury & Michael Jackson, The Righteous Brothers, and Extra Life.
Track List:
Lord Death Man
Grisly Ghouls (ft. MF Grimm)
No Reason
Masked Woman
Witch’s Cauldron
Rip & Rig
Elegy (Cartoon Piano)
At the Mountains of Madness/Ebb Tide
Goodnight Human Torch/There Must Be More to Life Than This
The Will to Live
(This article is from hangout.altsounds.com)
