Description

Almost since Beach Slang came into being, bandleader James Alex has taken to performing his groups heartfelt anthems as more intimate solo renditions.

Appropriately dubbed Quiet Slang, these alternate reality versions of Beach Slangs music have now simultaneously been stripped down and fleshed out in the studio to include piano and cello. The result is a collection of songs that peel away the layers of reverb and distortion to lay bare their starkly honest and emotional cores.

I suppose were all chasing something that resembles salvation, something that calms our bones. Maybe this is some small slice of that. Maybe its not. Maybe its chaos in soft clothes. Maybe its frightened. Maybe its fearless. Maybe its both. Or maybe its nothing. I dont know, but I think about this: one day Im going to be dust. And when my soul splits, maybe this will be the thing that sneaks me through the gates. If not, well, those are the breaks.
James Alex [Quiet Slang]