Slowmusic

SEEKING

Bass Guitar, Background Singer.

ABOUT

Following on from previous Bristol band Slow this is a new project - Slowmusic - which is a more stripped down full drum kit, alt-rock vibe. There's still plenty of space and mellowness in sections, but there's chugg and fuzz too with a bit of a retro / post rock riffery flavour and a fair smattering of non 4/4 time signatures. It's all electric guitar based (not acoustic). If you stuck pins in Low, Sabbath, Mogwai and Soundgarden and joined them up with pieces of string, we'd be somewhere around where they meet. It's a studio project so far - there is an album in the works, 8 tracks written and working recordings on the slate. It's being planned as a three peice live band. We have two of the three pieces - male guitar & vocals and male drums. We're looking for a female bass player who can sing backing / harmony vocals. It doesn't absolutely have to be a female, but the male / female voice mix is ideally what we're after. The bass playing is the main order though. It needs a reasonably experienced hand - there's melody, a bit of chordal stuff as well as rhythm involved, but it's not overly complicated by any means. Soundwise, to my ear you can't beat the rich, open yet growly sound of a Fender Jazz bass but it's not compulsory.

We're working in a home studio for recording and song development, but we're looking to get into live rehearsals to make some more noise and then take it out gigging with an album launch.

We're on info at slowmusic .co. uk

Screen name:: slowmusic
Member since:: Feb 24 2014; Active over 1 month ago
Level of commitment:: Committed
Years together:: 1
Tend to practice:: 1 time per week
Age:: 51 years

Influences

Most relevant influences for this are Low, Mogwai, Soundgarden, some Radiohead, early Sabbath and good 70's / 80's rock and the array of alt-rock and post-rock flavours that have come from that. There's also some lighter alt-rock influence such as Arcade Fire. Some people have mentioned Midlake.