Every so often I come across a song that feels like a perfect storm. The conditions are right, all the necessary elements are there, and it culminates in something with a level of power and presence that feels greater than the sum of its parts. All that remains is to allow this force of nature to sweep you away. ‘Collider’ is just such a song. The dark and brooding psychedelic undertones, Katie Oldham’s bewitching vocals, the way Vlad Matveikov’s bass line perpetually hums with menace, all of it working in unison to craft this intoxicating atmosphere. This sweet and sinister cut from Brighton quartet Slung’s debut album In Ways, out 2nd May, draws deeply from the likes of Alice In Chains and Deftones. Delving into the world of shadowy cults in service of some unknowable eldritch being, ‘Collider’ has a cultlike draw all its own. Its seductive melodies luring you closer, lowering your guard, before the alt rock bombast of the chorus goes straight for the jugular.