Eric Slick unleashes the title track of his forthcoming album, New Age Rage (Slick Records / Thirty Tigers), which will be released on April 26, 2024, a dance-rock opus about the downfall of our dystopian, tech-driven future. Written and directed by comedian Demi Adejuyigbe, known for his work on The Good Place, The Late Late Show with James Corden, The Amber Ruffin Show, and his viral series of videos set to Earth, Wind & Fire’s “September,” the accompanying music video for “New Age Rage” finds Slick losing his love interest to artificial intelligence. Channeling the VHS aesthetic of 1980s sci-fi comedies like Weird Science, Real Genius, and direct-to-video, bargain bin cassettes, the visual brings to life a robot named S.L.I.C.K.O – Simulated Lifeform Invented for Completing Key Objectives – who turns from dream companion to menacing nightmare, as he quickly starts to steal Slick’s girl. Complete with choreographed dance breaks and a self-deprecating showdown, Slick invites the viewer to sing, sway and seethe along to an inescapable sensation, capturing the all-too-real fear of big tech’s cataclysmic takeover. “We speak a new language now ’cause Mother Nature’s mother bored,” he warns in the chorus. “Thought we wanted everything, but we don’t want it anymore.” 

With samples of Taco Bell’s gong sound and AOL Instant Messenger’s door slam, the title track is a robot-funk heater that splits the difference between DEVO, MC Hammer and Prefab Sprout. On the making of the video, Eric Slick says: 

“Demi Adejuyigbe is an all-around genius innovator. We previously collaborated on my video for ‘Over It,’ but when I sent him this LP, he jumped at the idea of doing a video for ‘New Age Rage.’ I was on tour with Kevin Morby last fall and was able to make it for a two-day shoot in Los Angeles – Demi wrote the entire treatment, and pored over every detail to get all of the visual effects perfect.”

Eric Slick Tour Dates

4/24 – The Middle East Restaurant and Nightclub – Cambridge, MA

4/25 – The Half Moon – Hudson, NY

4/26 – TV Eye – Ridgewood, NY

4/27 – Johnny Brenda’s – Philadelphia, PA

4/28 – Comet Ping Pong – Washington, DC

4/30 – Spirit – Pittsburgh, PA

5/1 – Woodlands Tavern – Columbus, OH

5/2 – Schubas – Chicago, IL

5/5 – Shaky Knees Music Festival – Atlanta, GA

5/8 – The Grey Eagle w/ Scott McMicken – Asheville, NC

5/10 – The Blue Room – Nashville, TN

5/14 – Zebulon – Los Angeles, CA

5/15 – Bottom Of the Hill – San Francisco, CA

5/17 – Show Bar – Portland, OR 

5/18 – Fisherman’s Village Festival – Everett, WA