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Slumberjunkie returns to Silver Bear Recordings with a new high energy single 'Don't Pretend This Isn't Life'. Inspired by his love for N64 games and an attempt to recapture the nostalgic and haunting feel of the games he used to play. The fierce synth line drives the track alongside energetic breaks, before an ethereal vocal takes it up to the heavens.
Since he released his first EP on the label in July, recent support has come from the likes of Gilles Peterson on BBC 6 Music, Bandcamp’s New & Notable section and Ransom Note which features a fast & furious DJ mix and interview.
Slumberjunkie says "Don’t Pretend This Isn’t Life is ultimately about ignoring your reality because when you try and engage with it it doesn’t make sense, and I think I was trying to capture all of the bleak connotations that come with doing this. The frenetic verses and that weird trumpet section representing skittishness and a lack of grounding. I want to put people in a fully formed space that’s both reminiscent of things and places they might have experienced whilst also not actually having any tangible, solid link to anything real. Like a half forgotten dream.
I made the demo for this track really quickly (as I kind of do with all of my stuff) cause I think I was just so buzzed at making that synth sound and the lead line I felt like if I moved quick enough it would all fall into place. The vocal was one of the last things to come in which was pretty incredible cause it articulated everything I was feeling but not explicitly saying about the track."
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released November 9, 2022
Artwork by Andreea Ilisăi
Mastered by Rupert Clervaux
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