SLAUSON MALONE 1 ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM
EXCELSIOR
OUT OCTOBER 6 ON WARP RECORDS
SHARES NEW SINGLE & VISUAL
'NEW JOY'
Multi-disciplinary artist Jasper Marsalis, known by his stage name Slauson Malone 1, announces his new album EXCELSIOR, out Friday 6 October, his debut for iconic label Warp Records, in partnership with jMedia. Among the gems within this album, the spotlight shines on his newly-released second single out today, 'New Joy', a mesmerising exploration of deriving pleasure from submission, complemented by visuals crafted by the talented hand of Parker Corey of By Storm / Injury Reserve fame, and Marsalis himself. The forthcoming album also includes the previously-released single Voyager which was accompanied by a music video directed by Ryosuke Tanzawa that spoke to the period of love and joy following the release of his critically acclaimed 2019 full-length, A Quiet Farwell, 2016-2018 (Crater Speak), before he moved to Los Angeles.
The word "excelsior" embodies perpetual ascent. Slauson Malone 1 envisions it as a metaphorical sword, one that in someone's possession, perhaps his, incessantly grows until it cleaves the Earth in a grand finale. That metaphor becomes his lens to explore all facets of masculinity with a newfound clarity, as he interrogates his own lived experiences through songs and movements across the album inspired by everything from Grammy award-winning composer Wendy Carlos, to the similarities between falling out of love and a nuclear half-life. EXCELSIOR takes the form of a collection of personal essays, with vignettes that intertwine and stand-alone, but ultimately serve the purpose of forming Slauson Malone 1's most personal and enthralling musical work to date.
EXCELSIOR by Slauson Malone 1
is out October 6 on Warp Records
Pre-save: slausonmalone1.ffm.to/excelsior/
Photo by Gillian Garcia
Slauson Malone 1
EXCELSIOR
1. The Weather
2. House Music
3. Undercommons
4. Ode Joy
5. New Joy
6. Arms, Armor
7. Fission for Drums, Piano, & Voice
8. Love Letter Zzz
9. Half-Life
10. The Great Wedge
11. I Hear A New World
12. No! (Geiger Dub)
13. Destroyer X
14. Voyager
15. Divider
16. Challenger
17. Decades, Castle Romeo
18. Us (Tower of Love)