Video: JR Slayer - Not Rotten

A new project from Cody Votolato (Blood Brothers) and Jason Klein (Deaf Club), JR Slayer is getting ready to release their debut EP, Not Rotten, via Memory Music on September 9th!

"I think the world is gonna die before I do," Votolato sings on their new single and the title track to their debut EP. "And if that's true, I just want to spend the rest of my time right here, sitting next to you."

"There's so much bad shit in the world, there’s a lot of bad things happening. But when you fall in love with someone, you have this feeling that all that stuff can disappear momentarily," Cody explains. "Everything goes away, but you and this person, and your feelings about them and yourself.”

JR Slayer comes years after Votolato’s pivot away from full-time music work, on the tail end of decades between bands including beloved Seattle post-hardcore outfit The Blood Brothers, Jaguar Love, Head Wound City, Telekinesis, and Cold Cave. Jason Klein (Deaf Club), who plays bass on the record, introduced Votolato to Will Yip, who produced Not Rotten at his Studio 4 in Conshocken, Pennsylvania over two sessions, months apart, in 2021. Ben Walsh (Tigers Jaw) played drums on the record, and Votolato’s sister Brandi Jo Votolato sings alongside Cody on the record.

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