Braids Share Two New Songs ‘Slayer Moon’ and ‘2020’

    Last year, Braids returned with their fourth studio album, Shadow Offering. Now, they’ve unveiled two new songs from those same recording sessions, ‘Slayer Moon’ and ‘2020’. Check them out below.

    “‘Slayer Moon’ is inspired by a Sailor Moon phone case I bought in Tokyo, at 3am while on tour in Japan,” the band said in a statement. “Growing up I was obsessed with Sailor Moon, particularly with the ability to magically transform from a normal girl into a full–on mystical and powerful Sailor Scout, battle-ready to combat the evil forces of the world.”

    Of ‘2020’, they added: “‘2020’ was written sometime in 2017, after a long period of being alone – in an abstract sense of the word – while reaching for fleeting physical closeness. I was with friends, but my heart was lonely and longing for companionship, my body confused with the unfamiliarity of new and shallow encounters. I had been meditating a lot during this time “tracing a line through the centre of my body” – a process of inward-looking that I veer towards when I take the time to sit. I titled the song ‘2020’, in 2020. Revisiting the song’s lyrics through the eyes of our present reality struck a chord with me. I felt as close to the song as when I had first written it. I find that I am asking myself similar questions while in this pandemic, without my friends, my family, my familiar structures.”

    Konstantinos Pappis
    Konstantinos Pappis
    Konstantinos Pappis is a writer, journalist, and music editor at Our Culture. His work has also appeared in Pitchfork, GIGsoup, and other publications. He currently lives in Athens, Greece.

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