Sluice: “New Leicester”
Clip: 2/13/2025 | 7m 1sVideo has Closed Captions
Sluice plays “New Leicester,” a song about their experience in the North Carolina mountain town.
Sluice performs “New Leicester,” a song about the band’s experience in an NC mountain town that conjures feelings of drifting from a place that once was so pivotal.
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Shaped by Sound is a local public television program presented by PBS NC
Made possible through support from Come Hear NC, a program of the N.C. Music Office within the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Sluice: “New Leicester”
Clip: 2/13/2025 | 7m 1sVideo has Closed Captions
Sluice performs “New Leicester,” a song about the band’s experience in an NC mountain town that conjures feelings of drifting from a place that once was so pivotal.
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Shaped by Sound is a local public television program presented by PBS NC
Made possible through support from Come Hear NC, a program of the N.C. Music Office within the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.