BED The artists formerly known as Darth Vanderslice. Credit: Eric Evans

BED The artists formerly known as Darth Vanderslice.

BED The artists formerly known as Darth Vanderslice. Eric Evans

BED’S got a silly name. But not quite as silly as their original band name, Darth Vanderslice. “I wonder if we’ve helped sell mattresses,” guitarist and vocalist Sierra Haager jokes.

Since meeting in 2013, Haager and her husband Alex (bass/vocals) have left San Francisco, moved to Portland, gotten married, and started playing music together—all after bonding over a few key records from bands like the Delgados, Grandaddy, Low, and Yo La Tengo. Now in 2016 they’ve whittled out a spot for their self-described “slow-fi” project in the local landscape.

The “slow-fi” descriptor might be a tongue-in-cheek play on the lo-fi genre, but it’s not inaccurate—the five tracks (four of which Bed had previously released) of slow-motion pop on the band’s new EP, Klickitat, soften the moldy bleakness of Pacific Northwest garage with warm, crackling fuzz.

Formerly a senior editor and the music editor at the Mercury, CK Dolan writes about music, movies, TV, the death industry, and pickles.