[Cover photo credit to R.D. Cane] 

SLIP~ons have released their latest single, “Graystone,” along with an accompanying video, through Scamindy Records. This guitar-heavy, Power-Pop quartet features Brock Pytel of The Doughboys and Brian Minato, known for his work with Sarah McLachlan, as well as Rob “Shockk” Matharu of The Spitfires on guitar and Shane Wilson on drums.

To celebrate the release, they will host a single release party at Green Auto Music in Vancouver on November 15th, 2024.

Pytel reflects on the inspiration behind the song “Graystone”:

The Graystone was a venue we used to play in Detroit back in the late 80s when I was in the Doughboys. It was always an adventure, from just getting across the border to dealing with the promoter, Cary Safarian, who everyone referred to as ‘Scary.’ When Rob and I started exchanging voice notes of the main riff, it brought to mind the MC5/Stooges Midwest sound. I wrote the lyrics based on my memories from those trips and reached out to my old bandmates, Scott McCullough and Jon Asencio, to gather their recollections, which also found their way into the song.

The video for “Graystone,” produced by Scott Gordon at Halo Creative LA, takes an imaginative approach.

Pytel shares about the video:

I stumbled upon J Robbins’s ‘exquisite corpse’ video and loved the concept. Nobody needs to see us old guys dancing around in a classic rock video, so animating it felt like a perfect solution. Scott was excited about the song and the ‘80s Detroit punk scene theme, which allowed for cool imagery featuring flyers, illustrations of the club, and photos from our past. I’m hoping to see a photo of teenage Shockk doing BMX tricks included in it.