I posted on a message board and Kelli immediately responded! We got together to jam and quickly learned that our influences were almost identical. I had been out of the music scene for a few years and had started casually searching for new folks to play music with and to possibly start a new band. Mariel just recently joined us on bass and baritone. RT:: I play drums and Kelli is on guitar.
JB: Can you give us the history of the band? Maybe introduce yourselves and how the three of you came together? The title for But What Do I Know comes from the final line on the last song of the record, Cloudless, and just seemed to resonate. The songs come together pretty quickly for us, typically by working to capture a specific mood and building it around a central melody. Kelli Redding: We feel we’ve definitely pushed ourselves to become better musicians and songwriters overall over the years in writing these songs, but our process as a whole has mostly been the same. Was the approach taken for this record any different from the first record when it came to writing/recording it? What is the story behind the title? JB: The band’s evolution in sound from your first LP Stargaze Rock ’N’ Roll is notable. Lots of recording during lockdown, lots of reading and checking sources, lots of masking, and lots of canceled shows as I’m sure most bands suffered the same fate, but we’re feeling motivated! Rachel Thode: Hey! Thanks for having us! And what a doozy of a first question! We’ve certainly tried our best to power through these tough few years. I apologize for being a late comer to Slow Glows but that is one thing I am grateful to social media for! How have you held up over the course of our endless cycles of political/social/pandemic turmoil? I must say the new LP provides quite the release from “real world” drama!
James Broscheid: Congratulations on the release of your second record But What Do I Know. Special thanks to the band for taking the time to respond to this new fan’s queries! Slow Glows plans to record new songs during the winter of 2022 and hopes to tour and travel as much as possible in the coming year.
Their songs have been featured on various radio podcasts, blogs, and playlists, including CincyMusic, Citybeat, Live Eye TV, DKFM Shoegaze Radio, Indie In Red, Psychgazer, The Reverb, Shoegazer Sanctuary Music, Somewherecold Records, The Blog that Celebrates Itself and more. Slow Glows has been described as an upcoming shoegaze staple not to be missed, with plenty of praise for their music both locally and abroad. This was followed by a summer of east coast and midwest tour dates and a handful of fall shows and festivals regionally. Their new album, But What Do I Know was released on May 17th of this year also via local label Rose Hill Records. The set was recorded and mixed live and is available on all streaming platforms as part of the Radio Artifact Label. With a new lineup and new songs, the band made a comeback in the summer of 2021 with their first sold out show at Radio Artifact. The band took the downtime during the pandemic to record a new set of songs that highlighted the ups and downs of 2020’s unprecedented anxieties and confinement.
Unfortunately, in March of 2020, the pandemic halted their plans for a SXSW tour. The band has built a following from the momentum of their live set. Since then, the band has played shows and festivals locally and regionally including the Blink Festival and Cincinnati’s Fountain Square. Slow Glows released several EPs and a string of kaleidoscopic music videos before sharing their debut album Stargaze Rock n Roll ( Rose Hill Records) in late summer 2019. As of fall 2022, the lineup includes recently-added bassist and baritone guitarist Mariel Westermeyer. The band was founded in fall 2016 by drummer Rachel Thode and guitarist/vocalist Kelli Redding. Inspired by classic psychedelic rock, Slow Glows keeps things loud and dreamy with an abundance of swirling, hazy melodies. Slow Glows is a Cincinnati-based shoegaze band comprised of Kelli Redding, Rachel Thode, and Mariel Westermeyer.
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