{"id":99439,"date":"2025-06-24T19:40:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T18:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=99439"},"modified":"2025-06-24T19:40:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T18:40:25","slug":"slow-crush-while-you-dream-vividly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/slow-crush-while-you-dream-vividly\/","title":{"rendered":"Slow Crush Preview New Album with &#8216;While You Dream Vividly&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/already-heard-recommends-songs-of-the-week-13\/#slowcrush\">Having recently shared details of their new album<\/a>,\u00a0<em>&#8216;Thirst,&#8217;<\/em> ethereal shoegaze band <strong>Slow Crush<\/strong>\u00a0have shared their latest single, <em>&#8216;While You Dream Vividly&#8217;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Delivered with an atmospheric and haunting tone, the captures the quartet&#8217;s layered sound with poise, creating a compelling preview.<\/p>\n<p><em> \u201cWe wanted to capture the sensation of being tethered to someone yet drifting weightlessly, lost in the surreal beauty of the moment,\u201d<\/em> the band reveal.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8216;Thirst&#8217;<\/em> is released through\u00a0<strong>Pure Noise Records\u00a0<\/strong>on August 29th.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Slow Crush &quot;While You Dream Vividly&quot; (Official Visualizer)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6WWkCzzB3LU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"ah-infobox\" style=\"max-width: 80%; margin: 0 auto 20px auto; padding: 20px; border: 1px solid #000; text-align: center;\"><style>.ah-infobox p:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }<\/style><p>\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-99441\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Slow-crush-THirst-Artwork-800x800.webp\" alt=\"Slow crush THirst Artwork\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Slow-crush-THirst-Artwork-800x800.webp 800w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Slow-crush-THirst-Artwork-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Slow-crush-THirst-Artwork-100x100.webp 100w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Slow-crush-THirst-Artwork-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Slow-crush-THirst-Artwork.webp 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\n1. Thirst<br \/>\n2. Covet<br \/>\n3. Cherry<br \/>\n4. Leap<br \/>\n5. Hollow<br \/>\n6. Haven<br \/>\n7. While You Dream Vividly<br \/>\n8. Bloodmoon<br \/>\n9. \u00d3gilt<br \/>\n10. Hl\u00fdtt<\/p>\n<p>Pre-order\/pre-save <a href=\"https:\/\/lnk.to\/SlowCrush\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong>Catch Slow Crush on Tour in the UK and Ireland in October<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The release of\u00a0<em>&#8216;Thirst&#8217;<\/em> will be followed by an album release tour in October, where\u00a0<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><strong>SOM<\/strong>\u00a0will join <strong>Slow\u00a0Crush<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>On announcing the tour,\u00a0<strong>Slow Crush\u00a0<\/strong>commented,\u00a0<em>&#8220;We\u2019re excited to be presenting our new album \u2018Thirst\u2019 with a fresh new and special live set (more info on this later). We feel these new songs translate really well in band setting and just can\u2019t wait to bring this wall of sound the UK. We\u2019ve personally curated two great support bands for this tour, SOM who recently released a new album and the other band is to be announced later.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"ah-infobox\" style=\"max-width: 80%; margin: 0 auto 20px auto; padding: 20px; border: 1px solid #000; text-align: center;\"><style>.ah-infobox p:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }<\/style><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-99442\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Slow-crush-THirst-tour-poster-641x800.webp\" alt=\"Slow crush Thirst tour poster\" width=\"641\" height=\"800\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Slow-crush-THirst-tour-poster-641x800.webp 641w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Slow-crush-THirst-tour-poster-240x300.webp 240w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Slow-crush-THirst-tour-poster-768x958.webp 768w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Slow-crush-THirst-tour-poster-1231x1536.webp 1231w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Slow-crush-THirst-tour-poster.webp 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>October<br \/>\n16th The Fleece, Bristol<br \/>\n17th Craufurd Arms, Milton Keynes<br \/>\n18th Oslo, London<br \/>\n20th Classic Grand Lounge, Glasgow<br \/>\n21st Black Box, Belfast<br \/>\n22nd Grand Social, Dublin<br \/>\n23rd Rebellion, Manchester<br \/>\n24th The Grove, Newcastle<br \/>\n25th Key Club, Leeds<br \/>\n26th Bodega, Nottingham<br \/>\n27th Hare &amp; Hounds, Birmingham<br \/>\n28th Joiners, Southampton<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to the shoegaze specialists&#8217; latest ethereal from their upcoming album, &#8216;Thirst&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98926,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17559],"tags":[15980],"class_list":["post-99439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-slow-crush"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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