Timed to align with Valentine’s Day this week, XPN Artist To Watch Slaughter Beach Dog launched a brand new observe referred to as “I’m In Love.” It’s straightforward to fall for the twinkly keyboard enjoying and dynamic drum fills, however that is far out of your typical love music. “I’m in love with a contract killer,” sings frontman Jake Ewald. He continues: “She’s all I need but I wonder while she sleeps – does she dream of killing me?”
In a be aware in regards to the observe, Ewald wrote “I think I wrote this after reading Haruki Murakami’s 1Q84. It is hard to imagine another reason for writing this song. Happy to share it with you now on this highest of romantic holidays. Smooches!” An older model of the music had beforehand been launched on Bandcamp however Ewald determined in opposition to together with it on the band’s final launch, Crying, Laughing, Waving, Smiling. He famous that “it failed to pass the ‘will it blend’ test for the final tracklist.” Indeed, it’s a frank, scary observe.
Along with the peerlessly timed launch of “I’m In Love,” Slaughter Beach Dog has simply introduced a month-long North American tour in April. The folksy Nashville singer-songwriter Erin Rae, a contributor on their final album and frequent collaborator, is the opening act for all of the exhibits. The tour will begin with an April 1st present on the State Theater in State College. Currently, there are not any Philly dates however you’ll be able to treatment your heartbreak over this truth by rewatching the band’s Free at Noon Concert from final October right here. WXPN topped the group an Artist to Watch final October and in addition featured a virtual solo Free at Noon from Ewald in early 2021.
