- What's up y'all this is Leah from Slothrust,
and this is our Fender Artist Check-In.
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- The inverted rainbow iconography is really important
for us on this record,
both as a symbol of queerness
and also as a symbol of illusion
and the way in which a lot of us are walking
around hypnotized in this world.
And it's,
it's really encouraging people
to sort of question what they see
and to recognize that the mind works in mysterious ways.
There's actually an optical illusion that occurs
when you stare at the inverted rainbow for long enough.
And then you blink and look at a blank space.
What you'll see is a regular rainbow
because your eyes invert these colors on its own.
And there's something really mysterious and magical
about that, that I love.
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- [Leah] One of my main goals when I play guitar solos is
to make the guitar sing like a human voice.
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I think there could be
something really expansive and magical
when it carries that type of melody about it.
And I think that's more important
than it being absolutely perfect.
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(upbeat music)
- [Leah] Once More for the Ocean is one of those songs
that feels like it came through me more so than from me.
It really felt like it was handed to me by the universe
while I was staring at the water one day.
I'm really into creating unexpected parallels
and pairing things that juxtapose in interesting ways
and connect to things historically
and connect to things spiritually.
I love the intersection between magic and science.
I think that in many ways,
music is a really amazing medium to look at this.
♪ I like them spooky and your just my style ♪
♪ Said the Leo to the Taurus ♪
- [Leah] Music is one of those magical things
that can access these parts of your nervous system
and your body and your psyche
that other things cannot.
And that's part of why we get goosebumps
when we listen to music.
♪ We could stroll across a magic land ♪
♪ It's green, and it is glowing ♪
♪ Lay out bodies in the moss and sand ♪
♪ We know and we are knowing ♪
- [Leah] Strange Astrology is definitely
a very queer love song.
♪ Our strange astrology ♪
♪ I hope we find ♪
♪ You'll bring the best out in me ♪
♪ You ♪
- Thanks so much for watching our Fender Artist Check-In.
We'll see you guys next time.