Title - The Eternal Return
Artist - Slinky Vagabond
For those unaware, structured like hip hop bands that construct songs on features, early tracks featured a veritable slew of collaborations including the late, great aforementioned Pete Shelley who sang backing vocals on the David Bowie cover “Boys Keep Swinging.”
A fixture on the NYC club scene, Slinky Vagabond was a celebrated guest on celebrations as Joey Ramone’s Birthday Bash (2007) alongside the New York Dolls, Fashion Week’s Gen Art and Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp (2008) and Marc Bolan’s 30th Anniversary Show (2007) alongside Patti Smith, Tom Morello, Joan Jett, Ronnie Spector, and more.
Slinky Vagabond now return with a second album The Eternal Return out January 2025.
Following up the 2021 release of ‘King Boy Vandals’, Keanan Duffty and Fabio Fabbri have once again blended their love of punk and rock alongside a whole host of collaborations with some of the most respected players in their respective fields whilst simultaneously allowing themselves the space to be musically creative.
The idea of developing the band beyond just live performances came when Duffty met Fabio Fabbri at a lecture he was hosting alongside Glen Matlock in 2017. Fabbri – a guitarist, producer and songwriter – and Duffty started sharing ideas and a co-writing partnership was born.
But Slinky Vagabond’s wouldn’t be the Slinky Vagabond’s without a few guest names and they came in the shape of Midge Ure (Ultravox/Visage/Live Aid co-founder), Dave Formula (Magazine/Visage), Richard Fortus (Guns N’ Roses/Psychedelic Furs), David Torn (David Bowie/David Sylvian), Tony Bowers (Durutti Column/Simply Red) and Martin Turner (Wishbone Ash) and the results ended up becoming their debut album ‘King Boy Vandals’.
1. Lady Bump Discoteque
2. Ad Astra
3. Icarus Falls
4. Rollercoaster Ride
5. If Looks Could Kill
6. Strange World
7. Anthem
8. Earthman Go Home!
9. I Can Fly
10. Perfect World
11. End Of The Show
On an album that continues the bands story and ethos perfectly seamlessly onward from their last album, this new recording opens on the Sgt. Peppers era, Beatles-esque duo of Lady Bump Discoteque and Ad Astra (a nod towards Philip K. Dick), the hard hitting Icarus Falls, the Oasis-hued, Brit pop-hued Rollercoaster Ride, before the melodious AOR of If Looks Could Kill is brought forth.
Along next is the low slung, psych-rocker, and lead single Strange World (influenced by a vintage copy of a Frank Edwards book) and the languishing ballad Anthem (written following a 5-day visit to Kyiv in 2021) with both being seamlessly followed by the rhythmical brilliance of Earthman Go Home! (the title taken from the Harlan Ellison novel), the Blur-imbibed I Can Fly, the album rounding out on the fuzzy alt-rock of the co-written (with Glen Matlock) Perfect World, coming to a close on the impassioned mid-tempo psych-rock of the co-written (with Earl Slick) End Of The Show.
These tracks have attracted collaboration with a plethora of incredible musicians who have played and continue to play with some of the world’s most admired musicians such as Glen Matlock, Earl Slick, Ava Cherry, Mike Garson, Dom Beken, Percy Jones.
Slinky Vagabond - ‘Strange World’ [Official Lyrics Video]
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