If It's Too Loud...

Photo by Reid Haithcock Greensboro, NC's Totally Slow have been compared to a lot of bands that seem quite different. Looking at the quotes on the press release for "The Lost Art of Shutting Up," the band gets compared to Agent Orange, Pennywise, Drive Like Jehu, Dinosaur Jr, Sonic Youth, Naked Raygun, The Adolescents, and others. Those bands range from straight up punk to more artsy noise rock, but they all have a certain amount of aggression and they're all best when played loud. While I would never think of all of those bands together, I do hear bits and pieces of them all in "The Lost Art of Shutting Up." It's like Totally Slow live in an odd little world between straight up 90's punk bands and 90's noise rock. They don't go far enough either way to truly pick a side, but this is a pretty great middle to hang out in. You can watch the video for "The Lost Art of Shutting Up" below. The song is available as a single via Refresh Re...

We're all going to be too old for this song from Totally Slow, but we're probably going to like it anyway. "Dead Skater" is a punk song. It's loud, fast, and obnoxious. It's going to remind you of bands like Unwound and Jawbox. It's thrashy and melodic and certainly not made for middle aged dads to listen to. (Fun fact: I first listened to this song since the subject line of the email submission had a typo so the song was called "Dad Skater.") There's also a ton of metal edge to "Dead Skater," which just makes this song sound like mid 90's Warped Tour to me. You can watch the video for "Dead Skater" below. Casual Drag  is due out June 4 on Refresh Records. You can pre-order a copy here . For more on Totally Slow, check out the band on Facebook and Twitter .