The Genuine Article
Independent, uncut, and moving on his own paper. The cleanest first introduction to Slick Fontaine.
Detroit · Ten records live
Pick a record. Let it ride.
Bass under velvet. Sharp talk over old-room memory. Start with The Genuine Article, then follow the Cadillac, the family, the pressure, or the hour.
10 records live
313 Detroit center
I-X one sequence
Start here · Chapter IThe Genuine ArticlePlay on SoundCloud
Now on the turntable
The Genuine Article
Listen here, or open the record on SoundCloud whenever you want the full platform.
Putting the record on.
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Choose the hour
Three clean ways in.
No homework. Pick the temperature you came for.
Cadillac Crown
Chrome, confidence, and the way the right Detroit car changes the temperature of a room.
Velvet Memories
Old rooms, romance, and the memories that stay in the lining of your coat after the night is over.
The full run · Chapters I-X
Ten records. Follow the mood.
Every record below is live on SoundCloud. Open the sleeve for the story, or play it now.
After dark · Chapter VI
Velvet Memories
Some rooms you never leave. Some nights you carry in the lining of your coat.
Choose a mood
10 chapters showing
Chapter ILive now
The Genuine Article
The title track and thesis statement.
Chapter IILive now
Cadillac Crown (King of the Game)
Cadillac weight, room control, and arrival.
Chapter IIILive now
Franklin's
What money costs after you have paid it.
Chapter IVLive now
It's Fontaine
The name, the introduction, and the arrival.
Chapter VLive now
Game Rules
The operator's track.
Chapter VILive now
Velvet Memories
Midnight hindsight and old rooms.
Chapter VIILive now
Give Em What They Want (Feat. Finn of The Wool-Lites)
Controlled pressure and execution over noise.
Chapter VIIILive now
Heavy Is The Crown
The closer. An accounting.
Chapter IXLive now
Pimp Hand Down (Feat. Fred Fuz of The Wool-Lites)
Theatrical funk swagger, not literal criminal biography.
Chapter XLive now
Made Me (Feat. Freya of The Wool-Lites)
Detroit pressure turned into posture.
The direct line
Still can't pick? Ask Slick.
Tell him what kind of hour you're having. He'll put a record in your hand.