With The One

The new The Slimp single “With the One”, to be released on February 27, 2026, is based on material that has been around for a long time. The first sketch dates to 1999, recorded by Mart on a 4-track cassette recorder. The recording found its way to Kristian Bleed in San Diego, singer of Candy Push, who added the first verse. After that, the song remained unfinished for many years. Only decades later did this fragment resurface and slowly turned into what is now “With the One”. The track reflects this process. It deals with looking forward and looking back, with disappointed expectations, bitterness and personal defeat. The central question “If a promise is forever and tomorrow may never come” runs through the song without offering resolution. A spoken passage, inspired by Anne Clark, underlines the reflective tone. Musically, the song is carried by two basses in dialogue, completed by some screaming guitars. Earlier in February, The SlimP released “Winterday”, a more restrained and atmospheric counterpart. Where “Winterday” captures a frozen present, “With the One” unfolds over time, marked by distance and deferred completion. Together with “Nothing to Forget” (2025), both singles form a coherent continuation of The SlimP’s recent work, focused on memory, loss and what remains once certainty has faded.