S.Lo on July 6th, 2018

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The perfect soundtrack to this week’s heat-a-geddon comes from L.A. musician Slip (aka Taylor Brown, formerly known as “s//p,” and formerly of Vanaprasta and Sun Drug) with his latest release, “The Patient.” Listless ennui and powerless discontent snake through low-crawling basslines as Slip sings as if under heavy sedation, “Lost myself in surgery, no soul to sell / Fixed enough, take it easy, I’m learnin’ still / Is it too late for us?” Inner agitation then spikes out in counterbalance via guitar (all instruments by Brown on this track except Jules de Gasperis on drums), but he remains helpless through his numbness as he barely cares about his new isolation, continuing, “Painless is an easy way of feeling / the stakes are low / Stay, I am longing for a distance / It feels so good / What did you want with me / If you can’t see me?” The apathetically skeptical track is off Slip’s upcoming debut album, “The Cost,” co-produced with de Gasperis and mastered by Howie Weinberg. Click below, but don’t break a sweat while you’re at it.

||| Stream: “The Patient”

||| Previously: “Head on Backwards”