Winter Severity Index – Slanting Ray 2018 gatefold 12" DLP (green vinyl)

Even if you haven’t heard of them before, it’s hard not to fall in love with this band after the first few seconds of Slanting Ray‘s opener At Least The Snow. This song is a pretty good introduction into the band’s spectrum of timeless guitar-wave-sound that can send chills down your spine even on the hottest summer days.
The record really sounds like it was made in the 80s, not because the band tries so hard to be “retro” – it doesn’t feel like they are trying, even though there are obvious inspirations: The Cure, Xymox or The Chameleons etc. come to mind – but because the melancholic layer that is present in all their songs transports the exact same feeling like for example For Against‘s early material.

2018 Reissue in green vinyl with a bonus track remix by HØRD