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Eulogy Presents: SlothrustOf Course You Did 11 Year Anniversary
with Weakened Friends
Sunday, February 2nd, 2025
Eulogy - 10 Buxton Ave. Asheville, NC 28801
Doors 7PM || Show 8PM
Slothrust
“I love secrets hidden in plain sight,” says Slothrust guitarist, singer and songwriter Leah Wellbaum. Approaching a decade since their fiercely innovative debut, Wellbaum and drummer/percussionist Will Gorin search for the keys to secrets with Slothrust as they pick at the locks of guitar rock, moving it forward with an expansive and unconventional lean
The new EP I Promise is centered around a sly, thunderous take on the 90s R&B freakytime classic Ginuwine’s “Pony” and two new singles “Maybe Maybe” and “Magic Glow.” The band’s rendition of “Pony” is out today alongside the EP’s announcement, and an accompanying music video.
With “Pony,” Wellbaum and Gorin take Timbaland’s iconic beat and Ginuwine’s carnal a cappella and build a whole new world around the original’s three powerhouse chords and effervescent low end. Slothrust’s version swings like a lithe slice of sludgy rock ‘n’ roll and is a revelatory venn diagram of best ‘90s nostalgia and forward-looking celebration of the now.
“I feel like we have developed our own unique sound to the point where we can ask ourselves ‘what would Slothrust do?’” says Gorin. “The paradox being that if we did know, Slothrust would do the opposite.”
Weakened Friends
Weekend Friends is a lofi synth rock trio hailing from Kansas City, MO, and Norman, OK. Spawning as a solo project from Hayden Moore (guitar/vocals) in the summer of 2018 Weekend Friends has set itself apart with its lofi, DIY aesthetic and emotionally charged lyrics. Moore soon added his brother Peyton Moore on drums to play a string of basement shows as a duo and eventually worked their way up the ranks of the Springfield DIY scene. Through fate they met the synth lord Joe Nicholas who quickly added a very unique layer to the live shows and gave the project new life and new room to grow. Now a trio, Weekend Friends looks for room to experiment and grow into something very special and unique while maintaining the heart and grit of the DIY fires that forged them. With their newest album “All the things that love me now.” Moore tackles much of the same topics as his previous work but from a different perspective and angle as well as embracing the synthesizer that has become such a unique element to the project.
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10 Buxton Avenue, Asheville, North Carolina 28801, United States
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