Paper Bag Records Unearths Slim Twig's Pop Noir Beginnings: Derelict Dialect EP Out April 1st

TORONTO, Canada (Top40 Charts/ Paper Bag Records) - Slim Twig is a friend of abstraction. A chameleonic artist in the tradition of Bowie or Beck, Slim is a performer and songsculptor based out of Toronto.

Surrounded by the world of film all his life and now dabbling onscreen himself, the medium has had a significant impact on Slim's songwriting as he experiments with different textures of sound with an emphasis on abstract images sometimes inspired by film. Twig's music concerns itself less with narrative and melody, and focuses instead on the combination of imagery and sound- the two key components of cinema. It's this unorthodox approach that lends Slim's music its peculiar appeal, and makes for particularly memorable live performances.

So far, Twig's musical imagination has brought us a handful of self-released EPs, secured a spot on EYE Weekly's list of artists to watch in 2008, and earned accolades like those for his earlier Derelict Dialect sessions, named "the best recording of '06" at the renowned Gas Station studio by producer Dale Morningstar. His more recent sessions have involved a grittier sound that ended up becoming the self-released Whiite Fantaseee EP. His first experiments with these ideas, however, resulted in a distinctly art-pop sound, which have now been collected in the Derelict Dialect EP to be released by Paper Bag Records on April 1 and offer a new perspective on the music Slim has made since and what he plans to release in the near future.