SLUNG

Heyo! We have been a lil quiet figuring out our own lives and new music, but we got a lil something for yous in the meantime, a video from our visit to the awesome Signal House Studios last year.

We filmed this session after we recorded our debut album, but before we ever played a single show

Big thanks you to for the mix, edit, and the hospitality ❤️

Come watch Slung & Guests rip a Paramore set at the Halloween party at The Hope & Ruin later this week together with our friends Really Big Really Clever and Orchards

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SLUNG shouldn't exist. What began as a solo songwriting venture by Brighton-based bassist/producer Vlad Matveikov – and a Rolodex of collaborators – accidentally unleashed one of the UK’s most emotionally resonant, genre-fluid new bands. Vocalist Katie Oldham was raw after the collapse of her previous doom-pop group Sit Down, and still stinging from a missed chance to join the live band of Slow Club’s Self-Esteem in her 20s, feeling her future was uncertain.

Encouraged by Vlad and aided by vocal sessions with Will Gardner (ex-Black Peaks), she stepped into the project unaware of how far things would go.

“I think Vlad is the core of everything,” she reflects. “We didn’t know it was going to become Slung, but we all wanted a taste of whatever this was.”

From the outset, Slung did things backwards: they had an album before they had a name, or even gigs under their belts. Pulled together out of necessity, the addition of Ravi Martin (drums) and Ali Johnson (guitar) cemented the line-up.

Chaotic, cathartic sessions followed, blending Vlad’s original demos with new ideas forged on the spot. A mess of ballads, doom and a shoegaze haze, Slung became a melting pot of extremes: chugging Mastodon riffs, reckless Fugazi energy, and Katie’s unabashed lyrics and belting vocals. For Katie, Slung represents both artistic liberation and personal healing, which bleeds through her dramatic lyrics. But she’s all for embracing every whim.

“I’ve spent so long trying to reverse-engineer music for success. This time, we’ve just made what felt right,” she says. “F**k waiting for the right time. Would you rather wait and risk it not ever happening, or put it out now?”

With their debut album, In Ways, out now and headline shows behind them, Slung are figuring themselves out in real time – and only getting stronger. Having survived dramas in their previous bands, they’re ready to go. “And we haven’t even said hello!” laughs Katie.

Sounds Like: A woozy rager soundtracked by bruising, jaw-clenching riffs with a belting hug from your best mate
For Fans Of: Mastodon, Queens Of The Stone Age, Chelsea Wolfe
Listen To: Matador

Words: Steven Loftin

We are mega excited for this Saturday! Catch us with and a whole host of other crazy good bands at 🌟

Incredibly cool to have been selected as one of Bandcamp 's best albums of 2025 so far! Thank you to everyone who continues to discover 'In Ways' 🌟

https://daily.bandcamp.com/best-of-2025/the-best-albums-of-spring-2025