Sløtface and The Buoys team up for new single "Fight Back Time"

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17 Oct

Norway's much-loved Sløtface have teamed up with breakout Australian indie stars The Buoys for a new collaborative single, "Fight Back Time" out now via Propeller Recordings / Virgin Music Australia.

The song encapsulates the all-too-relatable feeling of being constantly switched on and productive, and the guilt that builds up when you're not achieving your goals. Inspired by Maggie Rogers' album Surrender and a shared love of Haim, Sløtface laid the bones of "Fight Back Time" with collaborators and producers Michael Champion and Paul Whalley. Upon linking up with Zoe Catterall of The Buoys digitally over a year later, Sløtface vocalist Haley Shea shared the initial workings of the song to her new collaborators. Resonating with the track both sonically and lyrically, the collaboration was confirmed and the rest of the track came together seamlessly.

Sløtface vocalist Haley Shea says:

"'Fight Back Time' for me is about feeling way too caught up in everything you’re doing when you have too much going on, and desperately trying to grab some pieces of your life back so that you feel in control. It’s about staying up late when you should get a good night's sleep just to feel like you have some free time and feeling like there must be a fix to how you’re feeling out there somewhere. I love how the chorus has stacks of vocals egging me on to indulge in my bad habits, it feels very much like the voices in my head."

The Buoys vocalist and guitarist Zoe Catterall adds:

"Words started pouring out of me when I sat down to write my parts. I'm no stranger to being my own worst enemy when it comes to being really busy, making lists that I put to the wayside or ruining my small window of sleep by thinking about what I need to do the next day. When Haley and I sat down to review all the lyrics together, it was comforting to know that we were very much on the same page and that revenge bedtime procrastination is a real and all too common vice for busy people."

Sløtface will be on tour through the UK this November.

Watch the video for “Fight Back Time”: