# NC’s TOTALLY SLOW Release New Single “The Lost Art Of Shutting Up”

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/ncs-totally-slow-release-new-single-the-lost-art-of-shutting-up/
- Published: 2022-02-25T10:30:00-06:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

**NC’s Totally Slow Release New Single “The Lost Art Of Shutting Up”**

For Fans Of: Unwound, Drive Like Jehu, Jawbox, Hot Snakes, Jawbreaker, Adolescents,
Gray Matter, Good Riddance

[**Stream “The Lost Art Of Shutting Up” Lyric Video**](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=4145805.10980.1.4c6157885d5be925a92fdd5e354034d9)

[**Stream on DSPs**](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=4145805.10981.1.606187b3c59fc5b5d360829651f9758c)

_“Is it a beast of an album? A complete rager? The answer to all of those questions
is yes.”- _**_Punk Rock Theory_**

_“Formed in 2013, the quartet’s melodic and fast-tempoed jams bring to mind classic
material from the likes of Agent Orange, Pennywise, and Adolescents, albeit with
a dash of Drive Like Jehu-like noise-rock sprinkled on top.”- _**_No Echo_**

_“…melds the precision of D.C. post-punk, the muscular riffs of Chicago bands like
Naked Raygun and the Effigies, and metal-tinged hardcore. If I were still young 
enough to mix it up in a mosh pit without breaking a hip, this is the band I’d want
on stage – fast, angry, powerful, forceful, and inspiring.- _**_Off Shelf_**

_“Taking the volume and melody from Dinosaur Jr. and adding the fractured chaos 
of Sonic Youth, the band waivers on that blade between punk and alt-rock” – _**_Punk
News_**

_“….finds the middle ground between Adolescents’ snotty SoCal punk and the harder
sounds of DC post-hardcore, and it manages to induce nostalgia and feel fresh and
urgent all at once.”- _**_Brooklynvegan_**

_“Wild, Raucous, and Unabashedly Punk…a truly rambunctious ride.”- _**_Play Too 
Much_**

Greensboro, NC’s **Totally Slow** have released a new single **“The Lost Art Of 
Shutting Up,”** the follow up to their 2021’s LP ‘Casual Drag’ which garnered praise
from outlets such as **Brooklynvegan, New Noise, No Echo**, and a stamp of approval(
via Tweet) from none other than **Laura Jane Grace**.

**Watch “The Lost Art of Shutting Up” lyric video here:** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7w3mXucaWo](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=4145805.10982.1.9973cb78d87010d2df0abfba1ea8fd62)

Totally Slow - "The Lost Art of Shutting Up" (Official)

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Watch this video on YouTube

**Stream the track on DSPs:** [https://lnk.to/GM1jf3Nb](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=4145805.10983.1.e71c06e8f0d1ca174febf342d8158618)

After a series of livewire basement shows and sweaty van tours in several bands 
over the years, Scott Hicks and Andy Foster formed Totally Slow in 2013, releasing
a self-titled LP of driving, catchy punk shortly after. **Razorcake Magazine** called
the ten-song debut “well planned and masterful,” saying that the debut “…goes off
without a hitch. It’s perfect.”

After 2016 LP Bleed Out’s “powerful, pedal-to-the-metal pop” (the kind folks at 
Razorcake again), Totally Slow went into flux, speeding up their songs for the Imperium
EP and introducing guitarist Chuck Johnson (Torchrunner, Gut Feeling), then recalibrating
their lineup. Now on Refresh Records, their third LP Casual Drag featured a more
collaborative approach to songwriting.

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_Photo: @reidhaithcock_

Totally Slow offers up razor sharp, no-frills melodic hardcore, with angry lyrics
that show how the personal is inseparable from the political when the country is
on the brink of chaos. The band has combined the melodic anthems of 1980s SoCal 
bands like The Adolescents, Agent Orange and The Faction, with the skewed rawk of‘
90s San Diego bands Drive Like Jehu and Truman’s Water, and the righteous conviction
of classic DC hardcore like Dag Nasty, Gray Matter and Fugazi.

After a recent show with **Man or Astro-man?**, the band will next open for legends**
Agent Orange** [tonight](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=4145805.10985.1.935c60729211e00390b020f1fa35df81)
in Durham, NC.

**Band**: [**https://linktr.ee/totallyslow**](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=4145805.10986.1.24b89ec47e7df177422f1cf1ce9f16b7)

**_What others have written about Totally Slow:_** 
_“These ten songs are so well
planned and masterful that you might miss their genius. This debut goes off without
a hitch. It’s perfect. “_ _– _**_Razorcake_**

_“The spectrums and voids may be too much for some folks. It takes a hell of an 
artist to get better as they burn, but Totally Slow show us it happens.”_ _– _**
_Post Trash_**

_“Totally Slow revel in a messy, over blown dynamic. Taking the volume and melody
from Dinosaur Jr. and adding the fractured chaos of Sonic Youth, the band waivers
on that blade between punk and alt-rock. If the later day SST stuff was actually
good, it would probably sound like this.”_ _– _**_Punk News_**

_“Ever wake up in the morning, check the news, then flip over and scream into your
pillow? What if you screamed into a microphone instead? Try it and you might get
Totally Slow’s new EP. “_ _– _**_Razorcake_**

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**Label**: [**http://refreshrecs.com**](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=4145805.10987.1.dc764f9dd18d8d87a49acbc61fc28524)

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