Chicago-based trio The Slaps have returned with their fantastic new track, ‘Fool’. Their sound is strange and unnerving, with a shifting groove kicking things off beneath a vocal performance that doesn’t feel a million miles away from Pavement. The track continues to expand, eventually reaching a web of harmonies that add a psychedelic feel to the jazzy rhythms beneath. Their difficult-to-categorise sound is no surprise, considering their background in improvisation and work with experimental, jazz and post-punk legends. Lyrically, they explain: “The flattening of innocence versus ignorance. The opening line draws from the Howard Finster quote, 'Worst kind of a fool is a fool who don't [sic] know he is a fool when he is fooled.” Mudglimmer, the new album from The Slaps, drops on November 8th, 2024. -Dan Peeke