THE SLOW DEATH confront modern life’s unraveling with “No Light to See”

Jesse Thorson has spent most of his life building bands that burn fast and bright. With The Slow Death, he wanted one that wouldn’t break. Over the course of fifteen years, dozens of members, five LPs, and countless tours—America, Europe, Japan, Australia—the mission hasn’t changed: stay on the road, keep the songs alive, and find meaning in the noise. No Light to See, out April 11 via the new label Don’t Sing Records, might be the clearest expression of that yet. Thorson describes it bluntly: “This song is about me. Everything I hate about me. As if I was a