Minor Deaths
Slow Down Molasses
September 2021
Confronting bristling anxious energy with highly-pronounced pop edges, Slow Down Molasses of Saskatoon, Sask. Canada has never been shy about traversing shifting sonic territories. And on their latest LP, entitled Minor Deaths, the four-piece plunge deep into delay trails and feedback decay with a sound steeped in existential dread and simmering guitar rock post-punk sunshine. Easily their most concise and devastating work yet, Minor Deaths is a suite of eight songs that make controlled swerves into melodic indie rock landscapes while paying homage to the tightly-wound nervousness of post-punk unease. "Noise-rocking Saskatoon neo-shoegazers find corroded melodies in the wreckage of a rock anthem." - MOJO “Minor Deaths is Slow Down Molasses at a new experimental and aggressive zenith, skillfully playing the discomfort of raw jangled nerves and creeping self-doubt against the euphoria and assertiveness of indie rock escapism. With its compelling layers of contrast and variation, it’s also absolutely an album worthy of repeated listens.” - Cups ‘N Cakes Network “If you listen attentively, it’s not hard to hear the early REM and Pixies influence on display here, along with the Gang of Four rhythms, and the resounding Sonic Youth-like bass lines and riffs.” - V13
