SLUG - Thy Socialite!

Released 20th January 2023.

SLUG return with a new album Thy Socialite! on 20 January 2023 on a new label formed by Field Musics Peterand David Brewis.

I started to think about what I could do to challenge my own listeners, says Ian Black aka SLUG. And whatwould be my angle without just releasing 40 minutes of generic bad music?

This was a question that Black found himself asking after thinking about albums made by revered artists whoreleased specific records that some of their loyal fanbase hated - Arctic Monkeys and Tranquillity Base Hotel andCasino, Leonard Cohen and Death of a Ladies Man, Lou Reed and Berlin. My friend likened Lous Berlin toAndrew Lloyd Webber on a horrendous drug come down. Andrew Lloyd Webber on a horrendous drug comedown? That sounds amazing!

Although Thy Socialite!, the first release from Field Musics new record label Daylight Saving Records, is not thesound of Lloyd Webber quivering and sweating in a r