Description

2018 single on black vinyl

Slough Feg vocalist/guitarist Mike Scalzi freely admits that real life has gotten in the way of the band making a new album for a long time. That, and his desire to make sure the band still sounds fresh after nine studio albums. A lot of stuff ended up on the cutting room floor, he says. There were some songs we tried to work out for months but ended up dropping because they bored us. We have to be excited about new songs or there’s no point in recording them. We dropped several songs I came up with and some that the other guys came up with, too. It’s tough, but sometimes you have to be honest with yourself and the people in your band and move on when an idea is not working. So, we came up with a lot of song ideas and only kept the ones that sounded exciting for months. New Organon is the first taster of what to expect from their 2019 album. Organon refers to a scientific instrument or more literally, organ. So, it represents a new method for scientific revolution. The song is basically about philosophy—from my lecture notes. The song has a more natural, if not rustic feel to it, recalling the band’s halcyon Twilight Of The Idols and Down Among The Deadmen era. Very simply, the songs were working on are more heavy, rough and produced rawer than the last album or two, says Scalzi. The themes are not about technology, but about ancient philosophy and science. It’s just more metal, but in a very primitive way — but that’s sort of our specialty anyway. The B-side features an exclusive The Police cover, Synchronicity II, that Sting wrote and recorded for the Synchronicity album back in 1983.

Track list:
1. New Organon
2. Synchronicity II-The Police cover