‘Freudian Slippers‘, like all of the songs from the upcoming ‘Totally Sick‘ album from Smoked Salmon is another of those songs that got lost on the way ‘upstream’! It first appeared on the 2014 release from ‘Kim and Leanne‘,- ‘True West’. ‘Kim and Leanne’ was conceived by Kim with Michael Stranges as a project to feature Leanne Cowie the Scientists drummer alongside Kim. Kim and Michael had been working under the guise of ‘Precious Jules‘ and this is essentially a PJs (as they liked to call themselves) production. Michael had the riff and Kim spontaneously sang “went to see my shrink and she said what do you think” as a melody place holder over it. He joked that that it was a Freudian slip to sing such a line and Stranges, in true Stranges form, touchéd with the phrase ‘Freudian slippers’, and voilà! They went to work, nèe play, on it. K&L’s rendering tends toward the heavy Led Zep side of things whereas Smoke Salmon bring out some of the Prince style pop funk that was always hidden in the song. Speaking of hidden, the B side ‘Seein’ Spots‘ is another ‘Precious Jules’ hidden gem dug up and polished by Smoked Salmon.

‘Freudian Slippers’ is available on limited edition translucent purple 7″ vinyl (100 only), black 7″ vinyl and digitally. You can pre-order your copy from 13 February 2026 for a 5 March 2026 release.