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Following the news of his upcoming New York and Los Angeles Record-Release shows. and in support of his upcoming debut solo album "Slay & Slake" out November 22nd on Shatter Your Leaves, ex-Xiu Xiu member and former Dead Science front-man Sam Mickens has premiered the remixed version of his new song "No Reason" courtesy of friend Greg Saunier of Deerhoof.
The track appears on the bonus digital remix-album available as a free download with the pre-order purchase of "Slay & Slake," also featuring remixes by MF Grimm, Parenthetical Girls, C. Spencer Yeh and more.
* Pre-order "Slay & Slake" here!
"Slay & Slake" Track List:
1. Lord Death Man
Grisly 2. Ghouls (ft. MF Grimm)
3. No Reason
4. Masked Woman
5. Witch's Cauldron
6. Rip & Rig
7. Elegy (Cartoon Piano)
8. At the Mountains of Madness/Ebb Tide
9. Goodnight Human Torch/There Must Be More to Life Than This
10. The Will to Live
"Stitched Wives: Slay & Slake Remixes" Track List:
1. Lord Death Man (No Sky God Remix feat. Delicate Steve & Rachel Mason)
2. Grisly Ghouls (Mike Pride Remix)
3. No Reason (Greg Saunier's Remix)
4. Masked Woman (Feline in Trouble Remix by Extra Life)
5. Witch's Cauldron (Former Ghosts Remix)
6. Rip & Rig (MF Grimm Remix)
7. Elegy (Cartoon Piano) (Feast of the Epiphany Remix)
8. At the Mountains of Madness/Ebb Tide (C. Spencer Yeh Remix)
9. Goodnight Human Torch/There Must Be More to Life than This (Parenthetical Girls Remix)
10. The Will to Live (Long and Winding Road Version by Jherek Bischoff)
About "Slay & Slake"
"Slay & Slake," the debut full length fromSam Mickens (The Dead Science, Xiu Xiu, Parenthetical Girls) will be released November 22nd on 180g LP and for digital download by Brooklyn imprint Shatter Your Leaves. An avant-glam masterpiece of epic design and execution, "Slay & Slake" harkens back to the grand "concept albums" of the '60s and '70s, including albums such as Forever Changes and What's Going On.
Composed and performed entirely by Mickens and recorded with Shatter Your Leaves-head Stu Watson at his Crazy Cat House studio in Brooklyn over several manic all-night sessions, "Slay & Slake" features a diverse choir of guest vocalists, including Craig Wedren (Shudder to Think), Zac Pennington (Parenthetical Girls) and underground NY rap legend MF Grimm. The record also includes partial covers/interpolations of songs by Freddie Mercury & Michael Jackson, The Righteous Brothers, and Extra Life.
A collection of remixes of all ten of the album's songs, by Deerhoof, Former Ghosts, Burning Star Core, Pictureplane, MF Grimm and more will be available for free download with pre-order of the LP at Shatteryourleaves.com.
* Watch the "Slay & Slake" teaser video here!
Watch the video for new song "Burning Hell" from the Sam Mickens Ecstatic Showband and Revue here!
Sam Mickens Live!
Nov. 22nd Sam Mickens' Fourth World (feat. mems of Deerhoof, Extra Life, Ecstatic Showband & more) @ Death by Audio Brooklyn, NY *
Nov. 26nd Sam Mickens Fourth World @ The Smell in Los Angeles, CA ^
Dec. 1st Sam Mickens (solo) @ Zebulon in Brooklyn, NY &
* = Slay & Slake Record Release Show w/ Nat Baldwin, Little Women and No Sky God
^ = Slay & Slake Record Release Show w/ Jewels of the Nile
& = w/ Larken Grimm, Diamond Terrifier and more
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www.shatteryourleaves.com
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