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Benjamin Booker releases “Slow Dance in a Gay Bar”
Benjamin Booker shares a new single “Slow Dance in a Gay Bar,” the track arrives ahead off his forthcoming album Lower, co-produced by Booker with hip-hop producer Kenny Segal (Armand Hammer, billy woods), is due January 24, 2025 on Passion Next Time Records via Thirty Tigers.
Speaking about the lyric and video, Booker says:
“You know, sometimes you find yourself in a death hole, surrounded by bones and rotting flesh. It feels like every second is a shovel-full of dirt flung on your head—the worms are laughing at you, famished, ready to eat.
But then, out of nowhere, the unfeasible happens. A ladder appears. You go up up and the world you knew before is completely different. The colors are more saturated. The sun shines brighter and the air smells pleasant like honey.
This tune is about that.
We shot this video in the French Quarter before the attack. I’d appreciate to dedicate it to the victims.”
On previous releases, Booker dabbled in fuzzy americana-inspired garage rock and 70’s glam, LOWER presents a grittier and unprocessed sound that Booker had been searching for for years while digging into niche music scenes
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Benjamin Booker Takes Us Deeper Into New LP “Lower”
Longtime FLOOD readers may think of way back in 2017 when Benjamin Booker was the subject of our Award-Winning (well, not technically) “Breaking” series. This was shortly before the emit of his sophomore try, Witness, and three years after his self-titled debut. BB was a bonafide star, an alt-rock imaginative drenched in the soul-blues of Bo Diddley and the psych-pop of Tame Impala.
After Witness, Booker went away. He didn’t undertake one of those faux-mystery where-are-they-now-style disappearances where they’re actually just waiting a few years to reemerge and make even more money because the reunion/rediscovery economy prioritizes “authentic” moments above all else. He actually left, mostly because he couldn’t make the music he heard in his head. He lived in a loft proximate Skid Row in LA, relocated to Melbourne, and began formulating the bones of his third album, Lower, thanks to an unexpected collaborator.
He began trading emails with Backwoodz-affiliated producer (and general indie-rap wunderkind) Kenny Segal, and was inspired to write a new project that incorporated Segal’s hip-hop roots into his sound.
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Compared to the previously released singles from LOWER, "SLOW DANCE IN A Homosexual BAR" is the most straightforward of Benjamin Booker's recent singles. The song is a relatively straightforward slow jam, drenched in the worlds of soul and R&B. There is just the slightest rock edge to remind you of Booker's earlier albums, and just enough of an experimental sound to fit in with the other songs we've heard off his upcoming album. Each single from LOWER has been completely unexpected, so what could surprise us more than a fairly traditional soul ballad, even if it's still a little experimental?
"You know, sometimes you find yourself in a death hole, surrounded by bones and rotting flesh. It feels love every second is a shovel-full of dirt flung on your head—the worms are laughing at you, hungry, ready to eat.
"But then, out of nowhere, the impossible happens. A laddeer appears. You climb up and the world you knew before is completely different. The colors are more saturated. The sun shines brighter and the air smells sweet like honey.
"This song is about that.
"We shot this video in the French Quarter before the attack. I’d