Seoul fast hardcore band Slant released their killer debut LP 1집 in 2021, followed by another killer demo in 2023, and now they’re coming over to the US for an East Coast fall tour. It kicks off in Philly on November 7 and hits NYC, DC, Richmond, and more before wrapping up in Atlanta on November 17.
They play NYC on November 9 (ask a punk) and there’s also a Long Branch, NJ show on November 10 at Shore Style Collective (15 Norwood Ave). All dates are listed on the tour poster below.
In our review of their debut album, we wrote: With 10 songs that clock in at under 17 minutes, the whole thing moves at breakneck speed and doesn’t ease up on the gas at all until the final track, “Casualty” (which, at two minutes and 27 seconds, is the album’s longest song by some margin). Instrumentally speaking, the band takes clear influence from early ’80s American hardcore, but vocalist Yeji’s harsh, venomous shrieks suggest a more modern and extreme influence than Minor Threat and Black Flag. She sounds absolutely abrasive, but she’s got a catchy sense of rhythm and there’s a melodic quality to her screams even if she’s not really using much “melody.” These are songs you’ll be shouting along to after just a few listens.
