You can feel Massey reaching new vocal heights across Yard, particularly on ‘Broadview,’ a weepy Americana ballad featuring pedal steel from Peter Briggs and Willie Christianson on the harmonica and banjo. “This song is about letting yourself fall in love for the first time in a long time,” Massey says. “After being hurt in previous relationships I was trying to decide if making the jump was worth it. Turns out it was.”

Following a wide-ranging breadth of singles – the electric ‘Cramps,’ syrupy lead single ‘Slugs,’ and the recently-shared anthem ‘Doubt’ – ‘Broadview’ offers another beautiful glimpse of Yard’s vast sonic palette.

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Following lead single ‘Slugs’, ‘Doubt’ is taunting and upbeat, a track about begging someone to validate your insecurities. “In my process to fight against self-deprecation, I found this strange new pattern popping up where I fished for critiques from others,” says lead singer Emily Massey. “I wanted people close to me to validate the things I hated about myself. Self-doubt had found a home in me, it felt safer to stay in this familiar negative space than to like myself. I thought if others shared that with me I wouldn’t have to do the work to change.”

On Yard, Slow Pulp tackles the process of becoming comfortable with yourself – a balancing act with learning to trust, love, and lean on others. Building upon the sticky hooks and dreamy rock seen across their discography, ‘Doubt’ is evident of Slow Pulp aiming bigger than ever before.

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The chords to Yard’s addictive new single ‘Slugs’ are from a song guitarist / producer Henry Stoehr wrote for his crush in the sixth grade, and one of the first songs he ever wrote. The Yard iteration of the song is, fittingly, also about a crush: “You’re a summer hit // I’m singing it,” Massey swoons over a warm wave of guitar fuzz and syrupy background vocals. “‘Slugs,’ put simply, is about falling in love in the summertime,” says Massey. “The song lives in that place where the newness and freshness of getting to know someone turns into a tinge of fear because you realize how much you have come to care about them. I tend to get so overtaken in feelings of uncertainty or impermanence when it comes to relationships. Probably due to having rocky foundations or complications in them in the past. But suddenly, for the first time, I found myself in something that felt safe, with healthy attachment and mutual admiration, and the inevitability of uncertainty became more easily accepted. I think it’s so sweet that the song found this full circle moment in the timelessness of different types of firsts in love.”

The accompanying ‘Slugs’ video, created by Jakob Lazvick and Rich Smith, depicts a hazy desert road-trip, a perfect visual translation of this soon-to-be song of the summer.

Yard:

1. Gone
2. Doubt
3. Cramps
4. Slugs
5. Yard
6. Carina Phone 1000
7. Worm
8. MUD
9. Broadview
10. Fishes

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