View basket “Scabdates” has been added to your basket. 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 View Product Quick View Crass Normal Never Was IV (Remix) Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | One Little Independent | 12", Coloured Vinyl, Single Released 12th February 2021 £15.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Crass Normal Never Was IV (Remix) £15.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: One Little Independent SKU: CATNO15 Formats: 12", Coloured Vinyl, Single Released Date: 12th February 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Matt's picks View Product Quick View Kyle Craft & Showboat Honey Showboat Honey Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Sub Pop | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released 12th July 2019 £20.00 - £22.00 Select options Kyle Craft & Showboat Honey Showboat Honey £20.00 - £22.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Sub Pop Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released Date: 12th July 2019 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Movements No Good Left To Give Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Fearless | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released 18th September 2020 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Movements No Good Left To Give £22.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Fearless SKU: FEAR1130 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 18th September 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Pinact The Part That No One Knows Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Kanine | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 25th August 2017 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Pinact The Part That No One Knows £17.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Kanine SKU: KR177LP Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 25th August 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Pile All Fiction Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Exploding in Sound Records | 1LP Released 17th March 2023 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Pile All Fiction £25.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Exploding in Sound Records SKU: LPEIS118 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 17th March 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Symposium Keeping The Secret Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Cooking Vinyl | 1LP Released 10th November 2023 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Symposium Keeping The Secret £25.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Cooking Vinyl SKU: COOKLP905 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 10th November 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Matt's picks View Product Quick View Stiff Richards Stiff Richards Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Drunken Sailor | 1LP Released 29th April 2022 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Stiff Richards Stiff Richards £18.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Drunken Sailor SKU: DRUNKENSAILOR146 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 29th April 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bad Moves Untenable Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Don Giovanni | 1LP Released 27th November 2020 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bad Moves Untenable £20.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Don Giovanni SKU: LPDG207 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 27th November 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View FEWS Into Red Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | PIAS | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 1st March 2019 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders FEWS Into Red £19.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: PIAS SKU: PIASR1048LP Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 1st March 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile Lotta Sea Lice Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Marathon Artists | 1LP Released 13th October 2017 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile Lotta Sea Lice £18.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Marathon Artists SKU: MA0114LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 13th October 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Start again
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