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Molly Payton has just announced her new mini-album Slack, which will arrive 1 October via The Orchard. She released a new single and music video, ‘You Cut Me So Much Slack’, to mark the announcement. The mini-album’s release comes ahead of her tour with Oscar Lang across the UK this October.

‘You Cut Me So Much Slack’ and its music video carry on the narrative of previous release ‘Honey’ and has already been met with acclaim for its laid-back indie sound and enviable vocals. It’s a shift in theme from last year’s Porcupine EP, and she explains that the single was the beginning of the new project:

“You Cut Me So Much Slack’ is a song I wrote initially for my EP Porcupine, but decided just before it came out that it fit better in this project. In Porcupine when I wrote about friendships and relationships I was placing a lot of blame on other people, whereas my coming project Slack is more self-reflective and centres around taking responsibility for your own faults in order to grow. My anxiety used to make it almost impossible to communicate and express my feelings to someone, and when I tried it would never come out the way I wanted it to. That’s what this song is driven by, that frustration and desperation of wanting someone but not being able to tell them."

Molly Payton will support Oscar Lang on tour this October:

October 2021

19 – Manchester, Deaf Institute

20 – Liverpool, Jacaranda Records

21 – Sheffield, Yellow Arch Studios

25 – Leicester, The Cookie

26 – Brighton, Komedia

27 – Tunbridge Wells, The Forum

28 – London, Camden Assembly

More about: Molly Payton