Welsh quartet Slate return with a second taster of their incoming debut EP, Deathless, which lands May 17th on Brace Yourself Records. Following the EP’s slow-burning lead single and opener ‘Remoter Heaven‘, which was premiered by Huw Stephens on BBC 6 Music last month and drew support from publications including NME, The Line of Best Fit and So Young, this time it’s ‘Shade In Me‘ getting a moment in the sun.
‘Shade In Me’ is a song of compassion. It’s a double entendre: offering refuge for someone, whilst also acknowledging that this shade also implies an internal darkness. The band were inspired by a speech from Chung Mong-hong’s film A Sun (2019), and a monologue where the character talks of how his friends can always find shade to shelter from the glaring absurdities of life, but he can never find it himself. He can’t hide from the sun.
The band’s trio of singles to date – Deathless‘ opening salvo ‘Remoter Heaven’ as well as non-EP tracks ‘Tabernacl’ and ‘St Agatha’ – have earned Slate rave write-ups and support from publications including NME, CLASH, So Young, The Line of Best Fit, DIY, Buzz Magazine, The Most Radicalist and more, as well as early radio plays from the likes of Huw Stephens and Steve Lamacq on BBC 6Music, Matt Wilkinson on Apple Music 1, John Kennedy on Radio X and Jack Saunders on BBC Radio 1.
Photo Credit – Sam Stevens