Tom Misch’s “Slow Tonight” is that song you want, or even need, when Friday finally arrives and the only place you want to be is away from everything except one person.
Released on 13 February 2026, it is the third single from his upcoming sophomore album Full Circle, out 27 March via Beyond The Groove / AWAL Recordings.
It follows ‘Sisters With Me’, which landed as BBC Radio 1’s Hottest Record with Jack Saunders – read our review of Sisters With Me here.
“Slow Tonight” is about racing home through the city noise to be alone with someone you love, ditching the outside world for dim lights and each other.
Misch wrote the track with Max Wolfgang while travelling through Portugal in a van. The original synth ideas were scrapped entirely, leaving drums and bass as the foundation, built before a single lyric existed. The rhythm is lo-fi with room to breathe, the bass line runs clean, and Misch’s vocals sit soft and laidback on top, flowing with the upbeat tempo rather than pushing against it. It carries a late-period Fleetwood Mac warmth, bright on the surface with something deeper and intimate sitting underneath it.
The lyrics back the groove up without overreaching. “You say I don’t like your friends that much / well I love them all if it’s once a month” is the most honest line on the track. Two people, slightly sealed off from everyone else, completely fine with it.
The piano melody toward the end is where the track fully opens up, adding an uplifting retro edge that makes everything before it feel like it was building to exactly that moment.
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