Winterday

On February 6, 2026, The SlimP released their new single “Winterday”. The song was written during a winter walk along the Rhine, moving through the cold, with familiar music in the ears. Deine Lakaien were part of that soundtrack, and with them, inevitably, the voice of Alexander Veljanov. “Winterday” is reduced in its arrangement. Bass and vocals remain at the center, with atmosphere doing most of the work around them. The lyrics move through loss, disorientation and a sense of quiet persistence. Images repeat, almost insistently. “Dancing through the snow” suggests movement but not progress. In the third verse, the song reaches a point where disappointment and collapse are stated plainly, without metaphorical distance. Background vocals by Silke Burkhard, a longtime friend and first drummer of the band, appear discreetly and add a layer of familiarity and remembrance. There is nostalgia here, but also a certain dryness. As the band’s bassist summed it up: The SlimP have grown older and a little more pathetically. “Winterday” is closely linked to “With the One”, the second single to be released on February 27, 2026. While “Winterday” remains fixed in a specific moment, “With the One” stretches across time, shaped by delay, distance and retrospection. Both tracks continue the thematic line introduced with “Nothing To Forget” (2025), where memory and erosion first moved into focus.