Slaughterhouse Release “Poison” + Tour
Photo by James Duran
On September 19th, 2023, LA - based punk rock band Slaughterhouse released their latest single “Poison” along with an accompanying music video. The song marks their first release with their new vocalist Meriel O’Connell.
The track is a straight up punk anthem that reflects on the toxicity of the digital and social media age we live in today and how people’s consumption of it shapes how they view the world and themselves. While listening to this song, I couldn’t help but think of bands like Anti-Flag, NOFX, Joan Jett, and Bad Religion. It’s a very refreshing feeling modern punk bands bring back the old school punk sound but also put a modern twist on it.
“The song is about society being subjected to constant overwhelming stimulus on our phones, devices, etc that creates this culture of comparison, disposability, and lack of fulfillment in our daily lives. There’s another component where these companies and corporations who push apps, social media, etc aren’t making these things just for fun, it’s all for profit. To keep us searching for more rather than being satisfied by ourselves and our immediate surroundings, and ultimately them knowing & tracking everything about us algorithmically.
It’s this lack of escapism that makes it more difficult for us to turn inwards & go into our own internal lives and spaces, and makes us place value on what we’re putting out externally rather than consider how we can be internally fulfilled, fill up our own cups”
- O’Connell on “Poison”
Slaughterhouse is a band known for playing explosive live shows and has had the pleasure of playing alongside the likes of bands like Pennywise, Social Distortion, Dead Kennedys, Alkaline Trio and even toured with Bad Religion. The band is currently working on a new album and is also gearing up for a short US West Coast tour supporting Niis and Strawberry Fuzz. The tour will begin on 2/23 in Garden Grove, CA and will conclude on 3/6 in San Francisco, CA with stops in Arizona, Washington and Idaho.
Slaughterhouse is:
Meriel O’Connell - vocals
Eddie Cairns - bass
Taylor Ramirez - guitar
Nick Aguilar - drum
