Slow Pulp have announced a new album called Melodie. The follow-up to 2023’s Yard is set for release on September 18 via ANTI-. The anthemic, propulsive lead single ‘Better Man’ was written by guitarist Henry Stoehr, and comes paired with a music video directed by Ben Turok. Check it out below.
“I realized that I had let go of the controls of my own life and instead was fully prioritizing what I thought people around me wanted from me,” Stoehr shared in a press release. “I reckon that I did this, at least in part, because I felt really chaotic and out of control of my emotions and actions as a kid and in my early twenties, in a way that I’ve always been very self conscious about. In my mid 20s, I entered a phase in my life that felt really stable. I had felt so turbulent emotionally up until that point and I desperately wanted to feel that I deserved to experience that. Naively, I thought that I could just extinguish that kid that fucked up all the time and couldn’t control himself. This song is me both letting go of control but taking control of myself in a new way, and accepting myself for who I am, and hoping that can be accepted by everyone else.”
Reflecting on the record more broadly, Stoehr said, “Emily and I were reconnecting with how we wrote together when we first met.” Stoehr, vocalist/guitarist Emily Massey, bassist Alex Leeds, and drummer Teddy Mathews worked with producer Elliot Kozel on the LP.
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Melodie Cover Artwork:
Melodie Tracklist:
1. Yellow and Green
2. These Days
3. Better Man
4. Melodie
5. Red Car
6. Not for Nothing
7. Entertainer
8. Like Me
9. Spill
10. Up to You
11. Slip Away
