Debris Slide are a self-proclaimed “bunch of weirdos from Nottingham”, who make noisy lo-fi rock music that sits at a crossroads between shimmery shoegaze, oddball experimentalism and early nineties noise pop. It’s basically the sound of a group of young men having fun making a lot of noise, so don’t expect crystal clear, polished production, but also don’t let that put you off listening.
‘Education Pt. 1’ kicks things off as the band mean to go on, an almost immediate squall of noise shrouding a head-bobbing shoegaze track, before ‘Fantasy Football is Ruining My Life’ leans a little more to the pop punk side of things, albeit the shrieking guitars and faraway vocals are still present. ‘Goodspeed You Solid Eggs’ is a glimmering curtain of noise, while ‘Bury Me’ fuses post-punk with the expansive nature of post-rock.
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‘Remedios’ begins with sedate piano before guitars start to slide around and the whole thing erupts in a wall of noise, and ‘The Fog’ has industrial undertones, with an ominously thumping drumbeat and searing crescendo. Former single ‘Aubrey’ brings together all of the ingredients Debris Slide have chosen to work with in perhaps their most accessible form, and to my ears the band are at their best when the pop of their shoegaze rounds of the edges of the noise, or rather the noise deranges their pop songs to just the right extent.
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Fluff have pressed a limited run of 100 copies of Araido, so if you want you an LP then get one now via the Debris Slide Bandcamp page, or ask your local record shop to order you a copy.