Emerging US artist slimdan crashes a wedding for the new video
DEBUT EP ‘TO ANYONE WHO CARES’, OUT NOW THROUGH COMMUNION RECORDS. LISTEN HERE
Following on from the release of his highly-praised debut EP ‘to anyone who cares’ earlier this year, emerging artist slimdan looks to ready himself for his forthcoming North American tour alongside Sasha Alex Sloan with the official video for his newest collection’s standout offering ‘Politics & Party Tricks’.
Crashing an actual wedding is no easy feat but slimdan seems to be getting away with it throughout his latest visuals. Joining in with party games, mingling with guests, and trying his best to look the part, he showcases more of that cheeky persona throughout this loveable new video. WATCH HERE
Speaking about the video for ‘Politics & Party Tricks’, he said, “This video is me and my producer Theo crashing a wedding at the Hilton Universal City. It was hands down one of scariest and stupidest things I’ve ever done. 10/10 do not recommend. I hope you like it.”
Slimdan has also recently been announced as support for Sasha Alex Sloan on her ‘I Blame The World’ 2022 North American Tour. More info HERE. Full list of dates below:
JULY
21 Minneapolis
22 Chicago
24 Detroit
26 Toronto
27 Montreal
29 Brooklyn, New York
31 Boston
AUGUST
2 Philadelphia
4 Silver Spring, Maryland
5 Charlotte, North Carolina
6 Atlanta
20 Vancouver
21 Seattle
23 Portland
25 San Francisco
28 Los Angeles
30 San Diego
SEPTEMBER
1 Salt Lake City, Utah
2 Denver
4 Oklahoma City
6 Dallas
7 Austin
8 Houston
10 – Nashville
Growing up in a modern Orthodox family and attending Jewish school in Sherman Oaks in his formative years, Danny Silberstein found his way to the guitar through his mom’s love of music. “She has amazing taste,” he shares, “and was exposing me to artists from Paul Simon to Moby to 50 Cent when I was a kid. That’s how I found my way to playing and writing songs.”
After four years at college in Boston, Silberstein returned to Los Angeles where he “had every intention of working in a coffee shop and trying to tour in an indie band.” Instead, he started getting invited into pop sessions. “I was bored of guys with acoustic guitars and didn’t think the universe needed another one, so exploring the way other artists create was really interesting to me.”
His first collaboration, with singer songwriter Sasha Alex Sloan -one of his best friends since the age of 15 – was the ballad ‘Older’ which kick started his career and led to work with artists like Diplo, Ethan Gruska, and King Henry. “Before I knew it,” Silberstein recalls, “I had several years of pop writing under my belt.” Writing his own songs though, wasn’t really on his mind.
As his songwriting evolved, Danny assumed the moniker Slimdan – a throwback to his fourth grade screen-name, which he chose after memorizing Eminem’s ‘Mockingbird’ in homage to Slim Shady. Silberstein finished his forthcoming five track EP shortly after. It connects the dots between his irreverent wit, knack for writing sophisticated pop hooks, and diverse early musical influences to reveal an authentic talent: a unique brand of outsider indie rock that rivals the genre’s finest.
Opening song ‘Politics & Party Tricks’, written “after staying at a party for a personal, record-breaking, seven minutes,” shows off his flair for harmonies as it quips “all I’m ever thinking about is what everybody’s thinking of me, (nobody’s thinking of me).” ‘Hollywood, FL,’ a rousing anthem about a visit to the Sunshine State, where he “ended up buying weed from a 70 year old man who kept calling me ‘bub’ in his backseat outside a beach resort,” describes what Danny candidly refers to as “a mindfuck” of existential dread against a sprawling rock chorus. “I don’t actually do cocaine,” he confesses, “but it sounded cooler than weed, so I said that instead.” ‘Be Somebody’ balances pop, folk, and electronic music with cheeky intimacy to describe a “quarter life crisis moment when I was living with my mom, and she called to ask what cereal I wanted from the grocery store. I was imagining 15 year old me roasting the shit out of 24 year old me.”
When talking making music, Danny explains that he “just want[s] to write songs and work with artists [he] loves. I don’t take myself too seriously.” Like his EP’s track ‘MVP’, an artful folk-pop ballad that tells the tale of a little league game gone awry, Silberstein’s voice refreshingly defies expectations with irreverent honesty: “In that moment, I got so panicked while I was pitching that I started crying and everyone stopped the game to clap for me,” he shares. “I’ve been chasing that attention ever since. Hence this stupid artist project.”
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