Generic research: Slaves (UK band)

Slaves:


Website: http://youareallslaves.com/


Mercury-Award nominated British band not to be confused with the American post-hardcore band erroneously named Slaves.


Genres: punk, lo-fi, grime


Slaves are a British punk duo consisting of the following members:

• Laurie Vincent (guitar, bass, vocals)
• Isaac Holman (drums, vocals)

The band setup is strikingly similar to that of English rock duo Royal Blood, consisting of Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher.


They originated from Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Formed back in 2012.

Slaves released their first EP (extended play) called Sugar Coated Bitter Truth under the independent label Girl Fight Records (since they were a relatively new band at the time). A re-release in 2013 was commissioned with bonus tracks but without the track "She Grew Old".

Two years later, their first single "Where's Your Car Debbie?" was released under a new record label, Fonthill Records, in early 2014. As a rising major band at the time, they were then signed on to Virgin EMI.

"Hey", their first single under Virgin EMI, was released last year. "The Hunter" was also released on the same month as "Hey". Both tracks later appeared on their debut album Are You Satisfied?, later released on 1 June 2015.

As a musical insurgence together, Slaves appeared on the BBC live show Later... with Jools Holland, later being nominated for BBC's Sound of 2015.

Upon the release of Are You Satisfied?, the album reached number 8 in its first week on the UK Albums Chart, with Benjamin Clementine's album At Least for Now being heralded as the number one album of the 2015 chart. It was nominated for the Mercury Prize, the award given to the best album in the United Kingdom and Ireland.