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Photo by Jimmy Quinn New York City's Slow Fiction have a shimmering new single out that sounds like the soundtrack to the best dream you ever had. "satellite" is rooted mostly in shoegaze and dream pop, but in a must faster pace than you typically hear with those genres. There is a play between the guitars and Julia Vassallo's vocals that quickly becomes addictive for the listener. The song is a beautiful, fast paced track, and then the guitar solo comes bursting in like a powerhouse, solidifying your love of "satellite." We've been throwing the term song of the summer around quite a bit lately, but when bands keep releasing perfect songs like this, it's hard not to. Julia Vassallo says of her band's latest single:  “‘satellite’ is an allegory for collective atrophy in a country that’s poisoned with an Us vs. Them mentality. I was thinking of a person watching something uncomfortable on TV, and then being like ‘oh, that’s too much, I have to turn...

Photo by Jeremy Quinn New York City's Slow Fiction have a new single out that is going to blow some minds. For the most part, "junior year" is a pretty straightforward alt-rock song. It's kind of on the mellow end while still having plenty of energy. To keep things interesting, the band injects some post-punk drone and some jangle pop-esque guitars into the song. It's rare to get a song that has this much mainstream and crossover appeal while still sounding unique and interesting. This is one of those songs that has you fully expecting Slow Fiction to end up being huge one day, and if they keep releasing music as great as "junior year," it won't take long. Singer Julia Vassallo says of her band's latest single: “‘junior year’ looks at the perspectives of two types of people: the one who wants to commodify or sell, and the other who wants to rebel against that notion while feeling intensely stuck in this machine of objectification. We've all b...

Today we're thrilled to bring you the new single from Brooklyn's Slow Fiction. "Top 10 Movie Scenes" is getting a lot of comparisons to the early 00's garage rock revival, and with good reasons. The guitar in this song sounds like early Strokes doing their best at imitating Sonic Youth. What sets "Top 10 Movie Scenes" apart from just being a throwback song is truly the vocals of Julia Vassallo. Her vocals are far more pop and smooth sounding than anything from twenty years ago. That helps propel Slow Fiction into sounding more current and aligned with the dance friendly punk of bands like Dehd and Dry Cleaning. This is a truly unique sound that you're going to want to jump on today before they become huge. Slow Fiction says of their new single: "Writing through a false lens allows you to put yourself in the minds of people you don’t know, and create storylines that don’t exist. The idea behind this track came about during a paranoid delusion… an...