SLAVES — SPIT IT OUT. HAVE YOU HEARD?

Trading guitars for flamethrowers, Slaves up upped the stakes.

Slaves have traded guitars for flamethrowers. On paper, it makes absolute sense for the Tunbridge Wells duo to up the noise stakes. With a new album approaching, they promise to be bigger, louder, more unrelenting. But a song like ‘Spit It Out’ goes way further than bolshy statements.

On last year’s ‘Are You Satisfied?’ LP, Slaves dabbled with these decibel levels. But vicious yelps were delivered alongside a sly humour. ‘Spit It Out’ is pure, unhinged force. It’s a statement of intent these two needed deliver at exactly this moment, right before they take to the main stage at Reading & Leeds. They’ve risen to the challenge.