LA trio Tankerlow reinvented themselves for their debut album for Danger Collective, with Slagroom’s 10 tracks pushing beyond the frantic post-hardcore of their 2024 debut. Yet the project’s third and latest single, “ERGO/OGRE,” reveals that the collection will still feature the sort of unpredictably snaking noise-rock epics introduced on 5301. This latest cut stretches beyond the eight-minute mark with plenty of hairpin turns that feel equally inspired by the sort of post-rock chaos trailblazed by GIlla Band as it is the prog-structured experiments of a group like Black Country, New Road.
Somewhere amid all the noise are scathing lyrics—nearly spoken-word during the chorus, and later screamed to match the swells of sound—taking aim at the modern culture of stardom. “To us, this is the truest expression of ourselves on the album,” the band shares of the cut. “It’s a long-form, multi-faceted song with vocals critiquing fame and societal expectations while staying true to a life of creative expression.”
The track’s video was directed by P.J. Charles, and it stars an interpretive dancer alone in a venue moving to the lurching rhythms of the song. “I like the idea of standing in a room full of fog machines,” the filmmaker succinctly explains. Check it out below, and pre-order Slagroom here before it drops on September 25.
