The SlimP - new single "Winterday" following "Nothing To Forget"
The Cologne-based darkwave band The SlimP return with a new release. "Winterday", their latest single, continues the direction introduced with last year’s "Nothing To Forget", focusing on atmosphere, restraint and emotional weight rather than momentum.
The song was written during a winter walk along the Rhine, moving through the cold, with familiar music in the ears. Deine Lakaien were part of that soundtrack, and with them, inevitably, the voice of Alexander Veljanov.
"Winterday" is reduced in its arrangement. Bass and vocals remain at the center, with atmosphere doing most of the work around them. The lyrics move through loss, disorientation and a sense of quiet persistence. Images repeat, almost insistently. "Dancing through the snow" suggests movement but not progress. In the third verse, the song reaches a point where disappointment and collapse are stated plainly, without metaphorical distance.
Background vocals by Silke Burkhard, a longtime friend and first drummer of the band, appear discreetly and add a layer of familiarity and remembrance. There is nostalgia here, but also a certain dryness. As the band’s bassist summed it up: The SlimP have grown older and a little more pathetically.
"Winterday" is closely linked to "With the One", the second single to be released on February 27, 2026. While "Winterday" remains fixed in a specific moment, "With the One" stretches across time, shaped by delay, distance and retrospection. Both tracks continue the thematic line introduced with "Nothing To Forget" (2025), where memory and erosion first moved into focus.
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Streaming: https://play.mw.fm/winterday
About The SlimP
The SlimP is a dark wave band from Cologne, Germany, founded in 2003. The founding members Elisa Day (vocals, bass), Mart (bass, vocals) and Bernd (guitar) are completed by Julius on drums. Known for their unique use of two bass guitars and a blend of female and male vocals, they create a deep, dark, and atmospheric sound.
Their debut album “Masquerade” was released in 2004, followed by “Some Seconds Later” in 2005, both showing strong influences from early The Cure. In 2008, they re-released both albums in remastered form as “Recall 2003–2005” through the internet label afmusic. Their third studio album, “Wavelands”, was released in 2009 through afmusic and Danse Macabre, showcasing a more mature and compact sound.
Drawing inspiration from bands like Siouxsie and the Banshees, Phillip Boa and the Voodooclub, and Fields of the Nephilim, The SlimP blends dark wave, post-punk, and alternative influences into their own unmistakable sound with gloomy, emotional lyrics.
After nearly 15 years absence from stage, The SlimP is now back. During this break, they continuously wrote new material and rehearsed together and are now slowly returning to live performances, most recently playing an intimate "Garden Concert". More new activities are already on the horizon.
