Slaves (UK band)

Slaves

Holman crowd-surfing in Manchester in 2015
Background information
Origin Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
Genres Punk rock, hardcore punk
Years active 2012–present
Labels
Website youareallslaves.com
Members
  • Laurie Vincent
  • Isaac Holman

Slaves are an English punk duo from Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, which formed in 2012. It consists of Laurie Vincent (guitar, bass, vocals) and Isaac Holman (drums, vocals). Their music has been described as "British punk with harsh bluesy garage riffs".[1]

They released their first EP Sugar Coated Bitter Truth in 2012 under Girl Fight Records. Their first single, "Where's Your Car Debbie?", was released by Fonthill Records in early 2014 and they were then signed by Virgin EMI.[2] They released their first single under Virgin EMI, "Hey", in November 2014, followed by "The Hunter" in the same month. They appeared on Later... with Jools Holland and were nominated for the BBC's Sound of 2015.[3][4]

The duo released their debut album, Are You Satisfied?, on 1 June 2015.[5] It reached number 8 in its first week on the UK Albums Chart.[6] The album was nominated for the 2015 Mercury Music Prize.[7][8][9]

They released their second album, titled Take Control on 30 September 2016, which features a collaboration with Mike D of the Beastie Boys on the track "Consume or Be Consumed". The album fared even better in the charts than the first, getting to number 6 in its first week on the UK Albums Chart.

Members

Discography

Title Release Date Track listing Notes
Sugar Coated Bitter Truth 19 Jul 2012
  1. "Cease Fire" (01:54)
  2. "It's an Epidemic" (01:46)
  3. "Wishing Well" (02:27)
  4. "Black Rose" (02:24)
  5. "Girl Fight" (00:15)
  6. "Suicide" (02:35)
  7. "She Grew Old" (02:16)
  8. "White Knuckle Ride" (03:39)
  9. "Beauty Quest" (03:48)
 Original self-released EP
Sugar Coated Bitter Truth 25 Nov 2013 Includes Bonus Tracks:
  1. "Bad Machine" (04:02)
  2. "How's Amelia?" (02:16)
  3. "Nervous Energy" (01:52)
 Re-release with Bonus tracks, but without the track "She Grew Old"
"Where's Your Car Debbie?" 6 Feb 2014
  1. "Where's Your Car Debbie?" (02:20)
  2. "Okay" (02:05)
  3. "Not Ideal" (Lauries Bedroom Demo) (02:01)
 Download only[10]
"Hey" 18 Aug 2014
  1. "Hey" (02:24)
 Download
"The Hunter" 17 Nov 2014
  1. "The Hunter" (03:04)
 7" Vinyl
Are You Satisfied? 11 May 2015
  1. "The Hunter" (3:00 )
  2. "Cheer Up London" (2:33)
  3. "Sockets" (3:26)
  4. "Despair and Traffic" (2:18)
  5. "Do Something" (2:27)
  6. "Are You Satisfied?" (1:30)
  7. "Wow!!! 7AM" (3:42)
  8. "Hey" (2:25)
  9. "Live Like an Animal" (3:35)
  10. "Ninety Nine" (3:15)
  11. "She Wants Me Now" (2:31)
  12. "Feed the Mantaray" (2:54)
  13. "Sugar Coated Bitter Truth" (4:01)
 Official debut album
"Cheer Up London" Jun 2015
  1. "Cheer Up London"
    (Remix ft Slaves x Mike Skinner x Jammer)
  2. "Cheer Up London" (Live At Dalston Victoria)
  3. "Hey" (Live At Dalston Victoria)
  4. "Shut Down"
    (Skepta Cover for BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge)
HMV Bonus EP available only with Are You Satisfied? album[11]

The music video for "Cheer Up London" has been nominated for Best Music Video in the NME Awards 2016.

Are You Satisfied? (Deluxe) 13 Nov 2015
  1. "The Hunter"
  2. "Cheer Up London"
  3. "Sockets"
  4. "Despair and Traffic"
  5. "Do Something"
  6. "Are You Satisfied?"
  7. "Wow!!!7AM"
  8. "Hey"
  9. "Live Like an Animal"
  10. "Ninety Nine"
  11. "She Wants Me Now"
  12. "Feed the Mantaray"
  13. "Sugar Coated Bitter Truth"
  14. "Where's Your Car Debbie?"
  15. "Beauty Quest"
  16. "White Knuckle Ride"
  17. "Shutdown" - BBC Live Lounge
  18. "Daft Punk Is Playing At My House" BBC Live Lounge
  19. "Why Would You?"
  20. "OK"
  21. "I Shine My Shoes with a Dirty Vest"
  22. "Tricky" - Demo
Take Control 30 Sept 2016
  1. Spit It Out
  2. Hypnotised
  3. Consume or Be Consumed
  4. Take Control
  5. Mr Industry (Skit)
  6. Rich Man
  7. Play Dead
  8. Lies
  9. F**k the Hi-Hat
  10. Gary (Skit)
  11. People That You Meet
  12. Steer Clear
  13. Cold Hard Floor
  14. STD's / PHD's
  15. Angelica
  16. Same Again
Second Studio Album

References

  1. ↑ Hutchcraft, Jak (22 October 2013). "We talked to punk duo Slaves about LA Haine an being in love". noisey.vice.com. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Tunbridge Wells punk band The Slaves signed to Virgin EMI". Kent and Sussex Courier. 4 March 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "BBC Sounds of 2015". Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "NME News Slaves confuse Bono on debut 'Jools Holland' performance". NME.com. 22 October 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Interview: Slaves - "I Think It Has Quite An Instant Feel And Message"". Inveterate. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "SLAVES". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "Mercury Prize 2015 shortlist". BBC. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
  8. ↑ Geddes, Clarke (16 June 2015). "Reviews Slaves Are You Satisfied?". Clash Music.
  9. ↑ "Slaves".
  10. ↑ Download from https://slavesuk.bandcamp.com/
  11. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Slaves-Slaves/release/72130357

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