Recorded and mixed by Trevor Reilly (A Wilhelm Scream) at Anchor End Studios in New Bedford, Pink Slip's debut full length album Bathtub Madonna explores what it means to remain human in an increasingly fractured world, where eyes are everywhere but nothing feels in focus. The album moves freely between anthemic pop punk, Rage-y rap rock, brassy ballads, second-wave ska, and charts new creative territory, expanding on the boisterous ska punk punchiness of their previous EP, Suck City.
Amidst the stylistic shifts, every song is grasping at the same essential question: how do we hold on to hope while the world falls apart? How do we continue to create while AI slop erodes integrity and offers easy outs disguised as empowerment? How do we continue to connect to one another while our society shatters around us, while original thought is optimized out of existence, while late-stage capitalism leaves us crawling around a hall of mirrors, looking for an out that never appears? Bathtub Madonna doesn’t pretend to have easy answers. Instead, it digs into discomfort and resists the urge to look away, while Mary’s steady gaze is watching.
And waiting.
And warning.
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Bowling Alone 3:420:00/3:42
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Backlash 2:170:00/2:17
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Anthropocene 2:320:00/2:32
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Finger Food 2:320:00/2:32
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Hear No Evil 3:260:00/3:26
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Jealousy Is A Knife 2:420:00/2:42
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Princess Died 5:110:00/5:11
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Sick & Tired 2:420:00/2:42
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Bathtub Madonna 3:350:00/3:35
