Sløtface tell us about their two news sci-fi, HAIM and Caroline Polachek inspired singles
nme.comSløtface have returned with two new singles ‘Beta’ and ‘Come Hell Or Whatever’. Check them out below, along with our interview with frontwoman Haley Shea.After announcing earlier this week that the Norwegian punk band would now just be the project of Shea after the amicable departure of guitarist Tor-Arne Vikingstad and bassist Lasse Lokoy, the first fruits from the new iteration of Sløtface can be heard today.“It’s more like a family or a collective, but it’s definitely my responsibility and my project,” Shea told NME of the current incarnation of Sløtface. “It was a rough 2021 with COVID and then all of these new changes.
I didn’t think I could take in any more blows at that point – but there we are.“It feels so good to have so many amazing and talented friends involved, who I was already friends with before.
The few live shows we’ve done recently have been so fun – not just because we’re back to proper rock shows after COVID but also because there’s a really good energy amongst our entire group.”New songs ‘Beta’ and ‘Come Hell Or Whatever’ were co-written between Shea and songwriter and producer Mikhael Paskalev.
The tracks marked a breakthrough in “shifting the way” the pair “thought about music”.“We started working together in his studio at the beginning of last year, and thought ‘Beta’ could have been for a solo project, for something new and not for Sløtface,” said Shea. “As time went on, I did enough soul-searching to realise that I wanted to continue with Sløtface and I still wanted to be in a rock band.“I realised, ‘Of course this could be a Sløtface song’.
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