Hi Troy and welcome to Grande Rock. Well you have a new album out with Slow Burning Car, almost 3 years after the previous one “Defection”. T: Yes it is called Projection and will be released to the public through Amazon, Itunes, and Cdbaby.com on January 1st , 2021. How and under which circumstances did you start Slow Burning Car more than a decade ago? T: I was tired of being a spare part as a bassist in my previous bands so I decided to start my own focusing on my own songwriting with the help of my friends Mike Zimmerman and Victor Bishop. And how did you come up with the band’s name Slow Burning Car initially? T:...

I must admit Slow Burning Car is a new name to me, but the L.A. band already has 15 years on the clock and released four previous albums: Blowback (2007), Vol. 2-The Scattering (2009), Assumption (2013) and Defection (2017). Sonically these guys lay on a bed draped with all the trimmings of Grunge and Alt Rock, but there’s plenty in the mix really including a blast of metal, the big riffs of old school Rock and even a little artiness and experimentation for good measure. Indeed there’s a bit of everything in here from Swervedriver, and old-schoolers like Husker Du, Sonic Youth and more. Defiant opener ‘Public Cynic’ with its rather catchy riff is a powerhouse of Metal driven...

Slow Burning Car is an explosive indie rock band from Southern California who have been releasing fiery compositions under the radar for years. Projection is their fifth magnum opus, and it’s jam-packed with sonic artistry that will provoke the senses and set the imagination in flight. Fans of bands such as Foo Fighters and Queens Of The Stone Age are absolutely destined to discover a new favorite when encountering the raging refrains of Slow Burning Car’s amazing Projection. Founding member Troy Spiropoulos and company definitely have an all-out prize winner on their hands with the unveiling of Projection. Public Cynic is the opening selection, and it’s captivating melody and timely lyrics are unleashed with a dynamic sense of urgency....

SLOW BURNING CAR präsentieren mit diesem Album sehr interessante Kompositionen. Die Qualität von Projection überzeugt mit sowohl komplexer, äußerst vielschichtiger Musik, die praktisch niemals langweilig wird und immer wieder Neues offenbart, als auch seine Vielseitigkeit. Heftig, soft, aggressiv, romantisch, atmosphärisch, kraftvoll, melodiös, schräg, intensiv…Diese Elemente werden zu einem größeren, vollständigen Ganzen, das wunderbar komplex in seiner Präzision ist, konstruiert. Es wird sowohl mit einer rhythmusorientierten Instrumentalausrüstung, als auch mit akustischen Klängen gearbeitet. Die umwerfende Vokalperformance perfektioniert die sehr gut komponierten Lieder, die ein deutliches Gespür für feine Melodik aufweisen. Der Opener Public Cynic und seine zwei Nachfolger werden dominiert von Dynamik und Rhythmik, so dass man einfach gezwungen wird, seinen Körper im Takt der Musik zu bewegen. Die solide...

Interview Questions for Slow Burning Car from Highwire Daze Magazine Introduce yourself, tell me what you do in Slow Burning Car, and how long the band has been together. I am Troy Spiropoulos, bassist/vocalist/songwriter/founder of hard rock band Slow Burning Car. In various incarnations this project has been active in recording and performing for 15 years. Where is the band based out of and what is your local music scene like there? We are based out of Los Angeles, CA and have seen the scene mutate into various subgenres of rock over the last fifteen years, At this time due to Covid few bands have been finding the opportunity to perform live so it has been rather dormant. Before...