
Sluice: “Zillow”
Clip: 2/13/2025 | 3m 39sVideo has Closed Captions
Sluice performs “Zillow,” an unreleased song about the housing crisis in North Carolina.
Sluice performs an unreleased song, “Zillow,” which focuses on the housing crisis in North Carolina. It asks the question, how will you make a nice life for yourself when you don’t have a place to live?
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
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: “Zillow”
Clip: 2/13/2025 | 3m 39sVideo has Closed Captions
Sluice performs an unreleased song, “Zillow,” which focuses on the housing crisis in North Carolina. It asks the question, how will you make a nice life for yourself when you don’t have a place to live?
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
How to Watch Shaped by Sound
Shaped by Sound is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, and Vizio.
Providing Support for PBS.org
Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[soft music] ♪ Cabinet man said this house will flood ♪ ♪ The river got up to West Margaret Lane ♪ ♪ In '96 ♪ ♪ And there's water in the basement ♪ ♪ Hey, that's a pretty heron though ♪ ♪ Will you move to Efland ♪ ♪ When you lose your GC license ♪ ♪ Build that house in Cedar Grove ♪ ♪ For the kids who like the prices ♪ [soft music continues] ♪ And where will you live ♪ ♪ And where will you live ♪ ♪ In the bungalow ♪ ♪ The craftsman ♪ ♪ In the old Victorian ♪ ♪ The Pleasant Green ♪ ♪ The Marriott ♪ ♪ Murphy School ♪ ♪ Mom and dad's ♪ ♪ Ragtown, bike to Clarion Dunn ♪ ♪ Mevins not bad to Burlington ♪ ♪ They're closing Village Lanes ♪ ♪ And this pool houses costs ♪ ♪ 500,000 ♪ ♪ And where will you live ♪ ♪ And where will you live ♪ ♪ There's water coming up the basement ♪ [light rock music] ♪ In the bungalow ♪ ♪ The craftsman ♪ ♪ In the old Victorian ♪ ♪ The Pleasant Green ♪ ♪ The Marriott ♪ ♪ Murphy School ♪ ♪ Mom and dad's ♪ ♪ There's water coming up the basement ♪ [light rock music continues]
Video has Closed Captions
Preview: 2/13/2025 | 30s | The indie rock outfit Sluice performs songs from its latest record as well as new unreleased tracks. (30s)
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: 2/13/2025 | 5m 33s | Sluice plays “Fourth of July,” a song that often opens the band’s live performances. (5m 33s)
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: 2/13/2025 | 3m 58s | Sluice performs “Mill,” a song influenced by the hidden histories found within nature. (3m 58s)
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: 2/13/2025 | 7m 1s | Sluice plays “New Leicester,” a song about their experience in the North Carolina mountain town. (7m 1s)
Providing Support for PBS.org
Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipSupport for PBS provided by:
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.