In ‘Slow Down’ Vincent Coomans writes about the powerlessness that surprises you while you’re looking at something that is or someone who is just going too fast. “Slow Down, you’re moving too fast, I wanna warn you but you’re going mad I don’t know how to reach you”, he sings. It’s
unclear who the musician is speaking to. Is he addressing a friend, his girlfriend, his child, is it the society that he personifies or is he in fact addressing himself from a different perspective in his search for security, affection and rest. “I try by grabbing your hands, shush you till the tears dry out, I know deep down it’s here you want to hide”. The song has a quite remarkable build-up. On the surface the four different chords repeat themselves yet still there’s a lot of depth in the single
with wind instruments, backings and electric guitar all unraveling around Vincent Coomans’ fragile voice. This is all happening while he makes a plea for silence, inertia and (self)care. Therefore you can hear small echoes of Wilco in the song. ‘Slow Down’ surprises because it’s
plea for silence, inertia and care carries a big sense of urgency in it. During the production process the song transformed multiple time, but what rests is the - during the lockdown - with a podcast microphone recorded first take of the lead vocal. ‘Slow Down’ is the second single from ‘The Great Rebuild’, the first album from Vincent Coomans, that will be released through Illuminine Records in January ‘23.