Heavy hitters might be an understatement when describing Slang’s members Drew Grow, Janet Weiss, Kathy Foster, and Anita Lee Elliott, who have been in groups like Wild Flag, Sleater-Kinney and The Thermals. Notable names that make listeners stand and pay attention. Both Lyricist/singer/guitarist Drew Grow and drummer/singer Janet Weiss started the band over a decade ago in Portland, OR, and have spent much of their lives creating & performing, the band later grew to include Kathy Foster on bass and Anita Lee Elliot on guitar/vocals.

With glam tones and chord-changes, attitudes, and gusto that characterize both the album and stage performance, Cockroach in a Ghost Town (Killl Rock Stars), set for release on May 27, 2022, centers a place only inasmuch as it situates a band of extraordinary voices together on a stage in a strange and chaotic landscape. It exhibits the topography of an interior world that’s rough, lush, lined with a confluence of creative streams. Weaving opposites and contradictions—toughness and tenderness; intensity and calm; randomness and order; clarity and opacity; a stoic welcoming of love in lieu of romance  Slang’s  Cockroach in a Ghost Town challenges expectations. Today, Slang delivers the first single and look into the band with the video for “Wilder.”