The Slow Drag | OohYeah

‘American Rock ’n Roll’ is a genre as broad as it is nebulous, which is just where Austin James, AKA The Slow Drag, feels comfortable."The music of The Slow Drag is meant to be an audible expression of who I was when I started playing music and how that person resonates with who I am today. And just like anyone else, I’m full of complexity and can't be reduced to a single label, which is exactly why every song The Slow Drag puts out is looked at as its own project. Some songs are going to sound better with saxophones and a chorus of ladies, others will sound better with big drums and rusty distortion. As an artist, I want the songs of The Slow Drag to be able to stand on their own, with the lyrical style being the connecting thread, rather than the instrumentation. I don’t want to be part of your road-trip playlist, I want to be that playlist.” A lust for hedonism and a hunger for transcendence. A celebration of liberated sexuality and the desire for intimate connection. A cynical disdain for complacency and the daydream of finding one’s place in the world. These are thematically woven throughout lyrics sung over musical arrangements reminiscent of classic American genres ranging from motown to punk.“I’m a first-wave Millennial, for better or worse. That means that all my life I’ve heard I can be everything and anything, so that’s what I’m doing. The punk in me doesn’t give a shit what it looks like from the outside. If you like it, great! And if you don't, go listen to something else.”