Eric Slick (born May 15, 1987) is an American singer, songwriter and drummer. He is the drummer of

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, performing on their albums ''

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'' (2010), '' Be The Void'' (2012), ''

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'' (2013), ''

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'' (2016) '' Abandoned Mansion'' (2016). and '' Critical Equation'' (2018). Slick released his debut solo album ''Palisades'' on April 21, 2017 to positive reviews from

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rated the album "10 out of 10 stars."

Early life

Slick is a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and began playing drums at age 5. As a teenager, he was a student of the original Paul Green School of Rock Music, and appeared with his sister Julie in the 2005 documentary ''

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''.

Career

Aside from Dr. Dog and solo records, Slick has also performed/recorded with

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. Slick also operates a vinyl label, Least Records. On June 24, 2019, Eric Slick took to Twitter to announced his marriage to fellow musician, Natalie Prass. They later collaborated in 2020 on Slick's solo album, ''Wiseacre'' (2020) with the feature track, ''Closer to Heaven.'' In 2022, Slick played drums on ''

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-style music project.

Discography

As solo artist

* ''Out of Habit'' (2014) * ''Four Track Demos Vol. 1 and 2'' (2015) * ''Palisades'' (2017) * ''Bullfighter EP'' (2018) * ''Wiseacre'' (2020)

With Lithuania

* ''Heavy Hands'' (2010) * ''Hardcore Friends'' (2015) * ''White Reindeer'' (2017)

With August is Falling

* ''The Simple Plan'' EP (2022)

References

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