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The New Slave
12+ albums
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about
Space travel can be a daunting task. Imagine, if you will, that a band has traveled light-years through the foreboding expanse of the musical universe. Throughout their last few releases, The New Slave has explored vast constellations of sound. In 2008 the band worked closely with Jace Lasek of the Besnard Lakes (credits include Wolf Parade, Sunset Rubdown, Young Galaxy, SUUNS, Patrick Watson, Islands) writing, recording, and perfecting their 2009 debut, self-titled concept album. Traveling all over galactic sound blasts, The New Slave was looking for a place of settlement. The band has always been moving towards some unknown entity, logging their experiences with stripped-down lyrics, banks of gritty keyboards, a howling electric guitar, and acoustic textures. Like a time-honored metallic vessel traveling through the cosmos, their resonance is never ordinary and yet there will always be a comforting hum of turbines operating at full capacity. Although well-traveled, their ship has always ached for more adventure. The consequence is undoubtedly human; but being human isn't all it's cracked up to be. The band still hadn't settled on a sound they wanted to call home. By 2010 The New Slave mothership set anchor on a cold, indifferent planet. The band's three members Craig M Clarke, Daniel Crowell, and Troy James suited up, and left their vehicle to seek out undiscovered soundscapes. What the band uncovered was a fresh approach to old feelings. No longer burdened by the fears
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