Phoenix-based duo SNAILMATE has released their new album ‘Stress Sandwich’, a humorous take on existential anxiety, serving up funky, poppy synth-laced alternative raps.
Snailmate is lyricist-vocalist and synth wizard KALEN LANDER and transgender drummer-backup vocalist BENTLEY MONET, whose music fuses synthpunk, grindcore, pop and nerd rap. Cathartic yet relatable, they use humor and wit to tackle topics from isolation and queer identity to bangers about hot sauce and nostalgia.
Snailmate also present the video for ‘The Laziest Man in the World’, which Lander says, “is my attempt to glorify and glamorize my extreme lack of motivation. Even though the approach was to be as lazy as possible, the song nevertheless features dexterous lyricism and quick, intricate rhyme schemes. Sometimes, sitting around and doing nothing is important for your mental health. Hopefully this song can make someone feel a little better the next time they take a day off.”
This album explores vulnerability, disappointment, and art-making as a beautiful yet imperfect process, and also goes head to head with depression, imposter syndrome, anger, hunger, laziness.