Tabernacl / St Agatha Slate SKU: BYREC53 Barcode: 5053760113430 10.00 £10.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Brace Yourself Records Released Date: 15th December 2023 Buying Format: 7" Single Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Emerging from the depths of Cardiff’s burgeoning music scene, heirs to their country’s lineage of storytellers, are Slate. Formed by frontman Jack Shephard and drummer Raychi Bryant, the four-piece band are barely touching their twenties, but together, they have command of post-punk which rings with the gravitas of a death knell; a grasp of atmosphere and melody which touches on the ethereal. With the addition of bassist Lauren Edwards and guitarist Elis Penri who completed the band at the end of 2021, the four bonded over the written word playing poetry games over pints. Together, they found an affinity with the surreal works of Arthur Rimbaud and the Welsh poets R. S. Thomas and Dylan Thomas, whose reverence for their country and its people bleeds into Slate’s own lyrics. The 7″ collects Slate’s stunning 1-2 of debut singles ‘Tabernacl’ and ‘St Agatha’, which were both produced by Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard’s Tom Rees. Both songs come loaded with frontman Jack Shephard’s distinctive, poetic drawl, blistering yet gothic and ornate guitars and rollicking, road-ready drums. Together they offer a snapshot of a band born fully-formed and prove a statement of intent that’s hard to ignore. Of the track, Shephard explains: “‘St Agatha’ is the first song we wrote about being Welsh. Though, living in in the south, we each converge at the forefront of anglicisation. At the time of writing, we were indulging in literature, landscapes as well as each another, in an attempt to re-connect with much of our disregarded national identity. So much was left unrevealed to us in school. We read about a churchyard on the border, where some people are buried with their heads in Wales and their feet in England. It was the perfect place to tell the story of a conflicted protagonist. Severed at St Agatha’s, between there and the homeland.” Fresh from a recent string of dates opening for Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard and some much talked about shows in the dark corners of London’s live circuit, the band have performed further across the country this autumn and winter including stop-offs at Cardiff’s Sŵn Festival and Brighton’s Mutations Festival. NME – “Slate‘s debut single ‘Tabernacl’ was a six-minute behemoth that introduced the Welsh band as a distinctive and intense new voice in British post-punk. It was defined by its swirling guitars and frontman Jack Shephard’s powerful drawl, somewhere between a Gallagher and Fontaines D.C.‘s Grian Chatten. The track’s follow-up, ‘St Agatha’, leans a little more into lightness, though maintaining the band’s already-signature monochrome feeling. Beginning with drums right out of the playbook of Joy Division‘s Stephen Morris, Shephard tells a story of Welsh national identity with a morbid edge. Across their first two singles, Slate have already presented a signature sound and even more definable energy. To make music this intense while not sacrificing an inch of their power in its storytelling is a real feat.” Artist Slate Genre Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label Brace Yourself Records Buying Options 7" Single Format 7" , Single Condition New Country UK Track Listings Tabernacl St Agatha Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Slate and more from Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo View Product Quick View Slate Deathless Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Brace Yourself Records | 12", EP/Mini Album Released 17th May 2024 £16.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Slate Deathless £16.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Brace Yourself Records SKU: BYREC59EP Formats: 12", EP/Mini Album Released Date: 17th May 2024 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Nearly New View Product Quick View Julia Louise Love Jail Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | No Sleep Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 28th March 2024 £8.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Julia Louise Love Jail £8.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: No Sleep Records SKU: nn283440 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 28th March 2024 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Radiator Hospital Can’t Make Any Promises Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Salinas Records | 1LP Released 26th May 2023 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Radiator Hospital Can’t Make Any Promises £17.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Salinas Records SKU: LPSAL120 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 26th May 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Admiral Sir Cloudsley Shovell Very Uncertain Times Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Rise Above | 1LP Released 25th October 2019 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Admiral Sir Cloudsley Shovell Very Uncertain Times £17.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Rise Above SKU: RISELP235 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 25th October 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Civic Taken By Force Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | ATO | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 10th February 2023 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Civic Taken By Force £20.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: ATO SKU: ATO0624LP Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 10th February 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Star Party Meadow Flower Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Tough Love | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 11th March 2022 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Star Party Meadow Flower £20.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Tough Love SKU: TLV149LP Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 11th March 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Free Throw What’s Past is Prologue Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Triple Crown Records | 1LP Released 29th March 2019 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Free Throw What’s Past is Prologue £16.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Triple Crown Records SKU: TCR03224INTL Formats: 1LP Released Date: 29th March 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Every Time I Die Radical Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Epitaph | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 22nd October 2021 £25.00 - £26.00 Select options Every Time I Die Radical £25.00 - £26.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Epitaph Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 22nd October 2021 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Kitty Kat Fan Club Dreamy Little You Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Asian Man Records | 1LP Released 14th June 2019 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Kitty Kat Fan Club Dreamy Little You £16.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Asian Man Records SKU: AM346LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 14th June 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Everyone Asked About You Paper Airplanes, Paper Hearts Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Numero Group | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released 8th September 2023 £30.00 - £32.00 Select options Everyone Asked About You Paper Airplanes, Paper Hearts £30.00 - £32.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Numero Group Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 8th September 2023 Read More Select options View Product Quick View NOFX Pump Up The Valuum Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Epitaph | 1LP Released 14th July 2023 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders NOFX Pump Up The Valuum £25.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Epitaph SKU: 265841 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 14th July 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Start again
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