Jun 18, 2025 By Caleb Campbell

Slake is a new project led by indie singer/songwriter Mary Claire Hancock. Hancock has been releasing music under their own name for years now, but they’ve since moved away from their former indie rock stylings, adopting their new moniker alongside a more meditative, sepulchral presentation. Slake’s “lesbian doom folk” pulls from a similar vein as artists like Chelsea Wolfe, Grouper, and Emma Ruth Rundle, excavating shadowy corners of slowcore and alt folk. More