Album Review: Slowpoke - Slowpoke (2021)
Picture Credit: Slowpoke Artwork: Britni Catfood Slowpoke - Slowpoke Release Date: August 22, 2021 Label: selfrelease Format: Digital Length: 45:08 Genre: Stoner Punk Origin: St. John's , Newfoundland and Labrador , Canada Slowpoke are a trio from the capital of Northeast Canadian province Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's. The sparsely populated and cold region has not appeared on my musical atlas until today, thus I am glad to introduce you to Adam Young (drums), Cameron Legge (guitar), and Ben Chapman-Smith (guitar, bass, vocals), as well as their guest musicians Al Yeti Bones and Gordon McCready who helped to make the selftitled debut album what it is. The seven-track album is a powerful self-representation of the Canadian band formed in 2018. On 45 minutes Slowpoke provide us with a heavy "Here we are now, deal with it". The music can predominantly be categorized under the term Stoner Punk. Digging deeper, you could call it a non-compromise ...