Sleater-Kinney have just released the Frayed Rope Sessions EP with reworkings of three songs from this year’s Little Rope. “Say It Like You Mean It” and “Untidy Creature” are both turned into gorgeous string-laden ballads, while the new arrangement of “Hunt You Down” is more rock-oriented but still distinctly different than the album version. The band says:
We wanted to step back into these songs, reimagine and revisit them, both for ourselves and for the listener. The different arrangements expose the songs anew, getting at their core or the outer edges. Frayed Rope was a way for us to travel through the songs and perhaps arrive at a different destination.
For an even deeper dive into the EP, Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein made a 16-minute mini documentary and each individual song comes with a video that was filmed in-studio as the band were recording these alternate versions. Check out all the videos below.
All Bandcamp sales of the EP today will go to Noise For Now, “a nonprofit organization working in the field of Reproductive Justice across the country.”
Sleater-Kineny are performing on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon on March 15, and their tour hits NYC on March 13 & 14 at Brooklyn Steel and March 16 at Racket, which are all with Black Belt Eagle Scout. Tickets are still available. All dates are listed below.
Sleater-Kinney — 2024 Tour Dates
03/08/2024 – New Orleans, LA @ Joy Theater
03/09/2024 – Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern
03/11/2024 – Norfolk, VA @ The NorVa
03/12/2024 – Washington, DC @ The Anthem
03/13/2024 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
03/14/2024 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
03/16/2024 – New York, NY @ Racket
03/17/2024 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
03/18/2024 – Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of Living Arts
03/20/2024 – Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
03/21/2024 – Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre
03/22/2024 – Madison, WI @ The Sylvee
03/23/2024 – St. Paul, MN @ Palace Theatre
03/25/2024 – Kansas City, MO @ The Truman
03/26/2024 – Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom
03/28/2024 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
03/29/2024 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Belasco
03/30/2024 – San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield
03/31/2024 – San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom
04/02/2024 – Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
04/03/2024 – Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
04/04/2024 – Vancouver, BC @ The Vogue
04/05/2024 – Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
05/15/2024 – Auckland, NZ @ Powerstation
05/17/2024 – Brisbane, AU @ Fortitude Music Hall
05/19/2024 – Melbourne, AU @ Forum
05/21/2024 – Sydney, AU @ Enmore Theatre
05/23/2024 – Fremantle, AU @ Metropolis
08/07/2024 – Portland, OR @ The Square*
08/10/2024 – Copenhagen, DK @ Syd For Solen
08/11/2024 – Gothenburg, SE @ Pustervik
08/12/2024 – Oslo, NO @ Vulkan Arena
08/13/2024 – Stockholm, SE @ Debaser Strande
08/17/2024 – Berlin, DE @ Astra Kulturhaus
08/18/2024 – Amsterdam, NE @ Paradiso
08/20/2024 – Cologne, DE @ Carlswerk
08/21/2024 – Munich, DE @ Backstage Werk
08/23/2024 – Lausanne, CH @ Les Docks
08/24/2024 – Paris, FR @ Rock En Sienne
08/25/2024 – London, UK @ All Points East
08/27/2024 – Glasgow, UK @ Barrowland
08/28/2024 – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
08/29/2024 – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
08/30/2024 – Wiltshire, UK@ End Of The Road Festival