The Crumple Zone, by Slow Down

The Crumple Zone

by Slow Down

supported by

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$10 AUD or more
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Black vinyl with hand screened covers on Black 'Raven' 270 gsm card

Includes unlimited streaming of The Crumple Zone via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

ships out within 21 days

edition of 90

Purchasable with gift card

$30 AUD or more

1.	Ghost Ship 03:03		buy track
2.	Spontaneous Combustion 02:44		buy track
3.	In my room 03:23	lyrics	buy track
Goin up to coles for a bag of frozen peas The lady at the counter says "Put your mask on please, I know that you're a local, don't give me that disease Why don't you just stay at home?" Feelin so stressed, don't want another night in Went out for a walk to try unwinding I ran into Karen "I've walked every street in Brighton" Why didn't I just stay home? Every night is all the same, simulation in my brain. Endless scrolling on my phone, in my room I'm staying home. Isolation's here to stay, another month, a week, a day. Every day is all the same, with your hour and 5k(m). 120 straight, allaying all my fears. We're keeping the course 'til we get the all clear. I wanna go to fed square, wanna get on the beers. Instead I might just stay home.... Forget about security, forget the hotels. Here's to you and yours and here's to good health. Tonight we're going a little bit higher up the shelf. Tonight I'm still at home....
4.	Psychonauts 04:25		buy track
5.	Promises of the future 07:22		buy track
6.	Fountain of youth 03:24		buy track
7.	Doppler 03:04		buy track
8.	Parallel lines 03:26		buy track
9.	Tender holograms 06:57		buy track
10.	Retrograde 03:50		buy track

about

Written over a two-week period during Melbourne's hard lockdown in October 2020;

"The Crumple Zone" was primarily conceived as a set of daily goals; writing, arranging and recording a track per day, in an attempt to inject some creativity and normality into life. There were no set pieces, sounds or genres in mind, the only rule was that each "song" had to be completed within the day.

"I would hum a melody while walking in my neighbourhood, then work out the chord progressions at home on guitar." A song could take half an hour to 7 hours to complete per night, depending on the arrangement and tracking. They range from the slower, reverb drenched "Ghost Ship", indie guitar madness of "In my room", the hypnotic krautrock of "Psychonauts" to the metronomic drone of "One Hand Clapping".

The first side recounts some memories of my year in lockdown; the risks of straying outside, the final days of freedom and the joy of liberation.Things soon take a turn for the worse, as our characters are returned to a strange new reality, not quite the "lockdown" that we perceived earlier, but a prison nonetheless, a "lockdown" of the mind, brought on by Alzheimer's and dementia.
Parallels can also be drawn with so called "Australia's" border policy, a cruel and inhumane torturefest that has destroyed countless lives and caused untold misery and suffering.

Finally, there is only hyperreality, that confusing state, where we no longer know what is imagined or real.

In summary: "Although physically we might be constrained and locked down, there are others out there, trapped in a far scarier and nightmarish place."

This album then, is for them.
You are not forgotten.

credits

released December 1, 2021

All tracks played and engineered by S B between 12-25 Oct '20.
Vox & drums engineered by Steven Smith at Dirt Frame studios - Dec '20
Mixed by S B Dec '20 - Jan '21
Mastered by Steven Smith at Dirt Frame studios Aug '21
Art direction and design by Jo Gardiner @ 'Jo Designs'.

license

about

Slow Down Melbourne, Australia

contact / help

Contact Slow Down

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Slow Down, you may also like:

Slow Parade
by Gileah Taylor

New on the always-great label Velvet Blue Music is “Slow Parade” from Gileah Taylor, boasting warm songs built on piano and guitar. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 26, 2024
go to album
Orchid Underneath
by Jane Paknia

Delightfully unpredictable debut from a New York electronic producer and composer with backgrounds in psychedelic rock, jazz, and indie pop. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 25, 2024
go to album
Real Home
by Kiran Leonard

An imaginative and experimentalist yet accessible record of acoustic prog from London-based artist Kiran Leonard. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 23, 2024
go to album
Touched by the Stuff
by Motorists

Toronto rivals San Francisco as the North American capital of jangle pop as evidenced by this new record of sunny jams from the Motorists. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 16, 2024
go to album
Dream Talk
by Still Corners

Blissfully narcotic dream-pop inspired by real dreams. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 6, 2024
go to album
Macro
by Brijean

Brijean are back! Uptempo space disco grooves dusted with soul and R&B on the duo’s latest masterpiece. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 3, 2024
go to album
Head X'Change
by Scythe

Guitars sparkle like distant constellations on the latest from Scythe, who delivers dazzling space rock on their latest LP. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 3, 2024
go to album