| RIPE | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | SLUG |
| Cover: | Slug_Ripe_(Album_Cover).jpg |
| Released: | 13 April 2015 |
| Genre: | Indie rock |
| Length: | 31:37 |
| Label: | Memphis Industries |
| Next Title: | HiggledyPiggledy |
| Next Year: | 2018 |
Ripe is the debut album by SLUG, a Field Music production led by former Field Music touring bassist Ian Black. The tracks "Cockeyed Rabbit Wrapped in Plastic", "Running to Get Past Your Heart" and "Greasy Mind" were selected for radio promotion, with a video being produced for the latter. Ian Black describes the writing process for the album as a series of 'what-if' scenarios- "What if we take a stoner metal riff and use it like a dub bass part....that was the idea. Let's add some 4 part harmonies some squelch bass, some hisses and triangle and you've got a peculiar, sinister song."[1] He has cited horror movie soundtracks by Fabio Frizzi, Goblin, Lalo Schifrin, Andrzej Korzyński and John Carpenter as a major influence on his songwriting.[2] Creation and touring of the album was supported by Peter and David Brewis, the core members of Field Music itself.