GHLOW - "Not Fit For This" from the 2021 album Slash and Burn on PNKSLM.

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When electro-punk project GHLOW named their debut album Slash and Burn, they meant it. The Russian-Swedish duo sought to capture the intensity of their live performances on the new LP. “After the [first] EP, we realised we wanted the album to be harder,” vocalist and bassist Emille de Blanche stated in a press release. “When we play live, it’s a physical experience — in the early days, we blew a lot of sound systems because the loudness was so important to us. There’s an intensity to that — a feeling of just wanting to be this vehicle speeding at 110 kil-ometres per hour — and we think we’ve captured it.”

“There’s a rawness and a violence to Slash and Burn, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing,” adds her partner, multi-instrumentalist Nikolay Evdokimov. “It’s about starting again. You might be chopping things down, or setting fire to something, but that’s a reset — something positive comes out of the flames.” 

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GHLOW - "Not Fit For This" from the 2021 album Slash and Burn on PNKSLM.
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When electro-punk project GHLOW named their debut album Slash and Burn, they meant it. The Russian-Swedish duo sought to capture the intensity of their live performances on the new LP. &ldquo;After the [first] EP, we realised we wanted the album to be harder,&rdquo; vocalist and bassist Emille de Blanche stated in a press release. &ldquo;When we play live, it&rsquo;s a physical experience &mdash; in the early days, we blew a lot of sound systems because the loudness was so important to us. There&rsquo;s an intensity to that &mdash; a feeling of just wanting to be this vehicle speeding at 110 kil-ometres per hour &mdash; and we think we&rsquo;ve captured it.&rdquo;
&ldquo;There&rsquo;s a rawness and a violence to Slash and Burn, but that&rsquo;s not necessarily a bad thing,&rdquo; adds her partner, multi-instrumentalist Nikolay Evdokimov. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s about starting again. You might be chopping things down, or setting fire to something, but that&rsquo;s a reset &mdash; something positive comes out of the flames.&rdquo;&nbsp;
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