We’ve covered Sheffield’s Dead Slow Hoot on a couple of occasions in recent times, first back in 2024 with ‘Take It Or Leave It‘, a song which introduced the band’s willingness to blend melancholic and anthemic tones to create their own singular brand of folk rock. “Opening with just pared-back guitar and banjo,” we wrote, “[the track] eventually builds to a dramatic crescendo of wailing guitar and crashing percussion, straddling the line between an intimate acoustic ballad and a monumental rock song.”
Released to introduce forthcoming full-length Orbits Intervened, follow-up single ‘Sleeping Before The Big Day‘ took this ambitious style further still. A fitting preview for what proves to be “a collection of sprawling songs large and detailed enough to carry a range of narratives and thematic concerns,” as we described, “touching on everything from personal heartbreak and grief to the cultural trauma of things like the Magdalene laundries scandal.”
With the release of the album coming next month, Dead Slow Hoot have now returned with new single, ‘All My Love Remains’. It’s a window into another dimension of this multi-faceted release, following the pressing brightness of its predecessor with something more considered and patient. Though despite the careful intricacy of the track, the emotion at its core is delivered with unguarded sincerity, Hugo Lynch’s vocals confronting love and love with direct candour to paint a picture wistful and romantic and wise. “Only love remains / As much today as ever,” as he sings at the track’s conclusion. “I wish that I had loved you better.”