Mother Vulture – drop ‘Slow Down’ single and video / plus upcoming tour dates!

This octave-fuzz laden new offering is MOTHER VULTURE at their most visceral and brooding. ‘Slow Down‘ is a feverish and raw musical expression of the human brain experiencing intense anxiety and self destructive tendencies. The lyrics speak of indulging in one’s inner demons and desperately screaming at your own inner monologue to please slow down.

“Life gave me lemons, I squeezed them in my eye.”

The track hints at a new, more mature direction than the usually bombastic and larger than life turbo-rock of the band’s debut album Mother Knows Best (2022) but the spirit of that early sound lives on in the outrageous and theatrical vocal performances and thick, pedal heavy guitar tones. This marries with a more introspective and honest lyricism and grander melodic sections full of vocal layering and echoey psychedelic guitar leads.

Vocalist Georgi Valentine Ivanov had this to say:

“I wanted to use the lyrics to shine a light on the darker side of emotion, the way we sometimes want to flirt with self destruction and that temptation to fall from grace. Because the world gets too much sometimes, and you think something has to break. It’s darker than some of the other stuff we’ve written but it was fun to explore a new sound and get even heavier, both musically and lyrically.”

‘Slow Down‘ is another independent release for MOTHER VULTURE, with the band wearing their DIY heritage as a badge of honour. Guitarist Brodie Maguire shares:

“We want to prove that with enough hard work, you can make it as a completely independent band. We want to push the boundaries of just how much is really possible.”

MOTHER VULTURE are on the road this February on a co-headline tour in the UK with Ramkot and in

April supporting Bokassa. Catch MOTHER VULTURE destroying the following venues:

MOTHER VULTURE (co-headline w/ Ramnot)
Tues 4th Feb – LONDON, The Grace
Wed 5th Feb – EXETER, Phoenix
Thurs 6th Feb – NOTTINGHAM, Bodega
Fri 7th Feb – BRISTOL, Thekla
Sat 8th Feb – CARDIFF, Clwb Ifor Bach

MOTHER VULTURE (supp. Bokassa)
Fri 11th Apr – DOVER, Booking Hall
Sat 12th Apr – BOURNEMOUTH, Dorset Doomsday
Sun 13th Apr – SWANSEA, The Bunkhouse
Mon 14th Apr – MANCHESTER, Star and Garter
Tues 15th Apr – GLASGOW, Audio
Thurs 17th Apr – SHEFFIELD, Corporation
Fri 18th Apr – NOTTINGHAM, Old Angel
Sat 19th Apr – LONDON, Downstairs at The Dome
Tickets available here.