Slim Wrist, Scotland On Sunday, 11 September 2022
Slim Wrist | Off Axis Artist of the Week in Scotland On Sunday, 11 September 2022
Words by Derick Mackinnon and Olaf Furniss. Read on Scotsman.com
Creating slick electronica pop, Edinburgh duo Slim Wrist have been drawing comparisons to artists like Portishead, Cocteau Twins, and Sylvan Esso and released their excellent debut album Closer For Comforting on Friday, with a launch party at The Safari Lounge in Edinburgh.
Fern Morris and Brian Pokora have been writing together since 2016 and were formerly known as Super Inuit, changing the name to reflect a musical change in direction. The pair also take charge of production duties, with mixing and mastering courtesy of Dave Lloyd, aka Dave Oscillation from excellent electronic trio (and former Under The Radar act) Stillhound.
They’ve secured airplay thanks to Emily Pilbeam on Radio 1, Phoebe I-H and Shereen Cutkelvin via BBC Introducing on BBC Radio Scotland, Steve Lamacq on BBC Radio 6, Edinburgh’s EHFM and been featured on official Spotify playlists such as Scotify.
Check out the album at https://slimwrist.bandcamp.com/album/closer-for-comforting and keep an eye out for live dates at https://www.facebook.com/slim_wrist
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