You might be chopping things down, or setting fire to something, but that’s a reset – something positive comes out of the flames. “There’s a rawness and a violence to ‘Slash and Burn’, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing,” says Evdokimov. She’s keen to leave the interpretation to the listener, though, and the pair insist that her words are only one part of what is a scorched-earth mission statement – a manifesto announcing a powerful new moment both for themselves and for rock music. Both have colourful musical backgrounds stretching back decades de Blanche is a former child prodigy violinist who took up the instrument at the age of two, while Evdokimov, a Russian native, formed his first, politically-charged bands in the early nineties, against the backdrop of the fall of the Soviet Union.ĭe Blanche’s razor-sharp lyricism blends the personal and political to stirring effect, and ‘Slash and Burn’ could be read as a cutting treatise on Sweden in 2020. Both are multidisciplinary creatives de Blanche works primarily in sculpture, whilst Evdokimov is a tattoo artist. ‘Not Fit For This’ has already garnered attention across the globe with respected Seattle radio station KEXP making it their Track of The Day and Jack Saunders spinning the single on his BBC Radio 1 Future Artists show.įor Emille de Blanche and Nikolay Evdokimov, their first album as GHLOW represents a rebirth. The beats are piercingly polished, setting up dramatic juxtapositions of sound when paired with scuzzy, effects-drenched guitar that recalls the alt-rock of the nineties, a decade crucially formative for both members of GHLOW. The extremely current energy the track manifests provides a towering opener to the album which features punk thrashes that cut along at breakneck speed. The video, as intoxicating as the ensemble. The compelling “ Not Fit For This” manipulates these angular attributes and captures this unruly power. This band creates this wall of extreme ferocity which obliterates the soundscape. The searing power obliterates the exploration, this huge landscape delivers utter depth, chilling harmonies and an essential appeal. Ghlow know how to create the most ardent and forceful orchestrations and the title track is the epic movement that showcases the strength and crucial intensity that Ghlow craft. Perfect timing! The next day I talked to GHLOW and they loved the aesthetics and the idea of making a music video with it.” The video’s director Maikel Gonzalez says “Around the same time I listened to the first single from GHLOW’s debut album I discovered this “video synth super machine” at a friend’s studio. We wanted the video to translate the energy of the music and worked with our amazing friends over at Gonz TV who kept it fast paced and punky.” Say the band: “Not Fit For This is a fast paced manifesto embracing raw power, materializing the energy that grows out of frustration and boredom. Spliced and distorted footage of the duo and various vignettes make for an abstract feast for the eyes. GHLOW’s ‘Not Fit For This’ features on the Russian-Swedish duo’s debut album ‘Slash and Burn’, just released via PNKSLM Recordings, and now they’ve released a music video for the single to match the audio. From the Swedish-Russian duo’s debut album ‘Slash and Burn’
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