Freak Slug

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• The Contenders, Vol. 21: The songs we can't stop playing this week | NPR | Nov. 19, 2024, 8 a.m.
Freak Slug's "Ya Ready," from her latest album, I Blow Out Big Candles, is one of the tracks we can't stop playing this week. El Hardwick/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

• Freak Slug - I Blow Out Big Candles | Reviews | Clash Magazine Music ... | Clash Magazine
Reviews. 05 · 11 · 2024. Entering the pantheon of brilliant yet ridiculously named recent groups is up-and-comer Freak Slug. The project of Manchester multi-disciplinary artist Xenya Genovese, this ten-track debut sees the artist confidently use the palette of 90s cult acts to create a hazy vibe to explore. With the past few years spent ...

• “I Blow Out Big Candles”: Freak Slug on the new album and her artistic journey | ASBO Magazine | Nov. 11, 2024, 3:32 p.m.
Words by George Gray Explosive, disruptive and carefree, but above all, her “own ***ing person”. Music has always played a strong part in Freak Slug’s creative identity. It’s carried her through personal loss, years of hard graft and international moves,…

• FREAK SLUG's debut album I BLOW OUT BIG CANDLES: uneven vocals meet eerie indie sounds | Buzz Magazine | Nov. 10, 2024, 8 p.m.
I Blow Out Big Candles by Freak Slug pairs melancholic beats with an understated vocal style. A unique indie album with highs and lows.

• Freak Slug makes a delicious splash on "Piece of Cake" | Tracks | The Line of Best Fit
Alongside her debut album, I Blow Out Big Candles, the Mancunian multi-disciplinary Freak Slug delivers "Piece of Cake", a reflection on the dessert-like presentation of sumptuous but all too often vapid suitors

• Freak Slug - 'I Blow Out Big Candles' album review: a glimpse into what an artist is capable of - Fa… | Far Out Magazine | Nov. 7, 2024, 4:12 p.m.
Manchester artist Freak Slug delivers tributes to her '90s slacker-rock idols on her debut album, I Blow Out Big Canand mostly sticks the landing.

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