Slow Pulp are uniquely acquainted with the process of regrowth. Singer and guitarist Emily Massey met childhood friends Henry Stoehr (guitar), Alex Leeds (bass), and Teddy Mathews (drums) in Madison, WI in the mid 2010s, kicking off a decade-strong musical bond. Raised on ’90s alt-rock radio and coming of age during the 2000s indie wave, they took a pan-American approach to rock music—transcending the genre’s inner boundaries in service of a sound critics across the board have applauded but struggled to describe – that made them stand out in the small city’s scrappy scene. But in 2018, the lifelong Wisconsinites left their comfy surroundings for the midwest’s metropolis, transplanting from Madison’s rich soil to Chicago’s concrete grid.
If Moveys put Slow Pulp on the global stage, on tour with the Pixies and Death Cab and Alvvays, bands they’d bonded over in those early Madison years, then Yard proved they belonged there.
Slow Pulp started the songs that comprise their third album Melodie, due out 18 September 2026 via ANTI-, with nothing to prove to the public, reflecting on past lives and past relationships forced them to reevaluate their approach and, once again begin anew. The result is a record that balances power-pop euphoria, acoustic heartbreak, and the ocean of sound between them.
Now they’re back on tour in 2027, with a headline show in The Button Factory, Dublin on Saturday, 30 January.
SLOW PULP
SAT, 30 JANUARY 2027 || BUTTON FACTORY, DUBLIN
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