Speed "Only One Mode" CD
Speed "Only One Mode" CD
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TRACK LIST:
- REAL LIFE LOVE
- DONâT NEED
- NO LOVE BUT FOR OUR OWN
- ONLY FOESâŠ
- THE FIRST TEST
- KILL CAP
- SEND THEM 2 SYDNEY
- SHUT IT DOWN
- I MEAN IT
- CAUGHT IN A CRAZE
To catch everyone up: Australian hardcore band SPEED is putting their foot down on the world. For hardcore kids from Sydney, which is where SPEEDâs from and what they represent, this is a first. Everyone in the band has been going to shows for yearsââreal moshers,â always up front, dancing. (The full lineup: Aaron Siow and brother Jem on bass and vocals, respectively, Josh Clayton and Dennis Vichidvongsa on guitars, Kane Vardon on drums.) During a lull period in their home sceneââthere were no new bands going onââthe guys stepped up and tapped in. SPEED decided to start out hard and traditionalâa high-level aesthetic decision that, every five years, an all-time hardcore band does. A reset. For their first year, the group referred to itself on flyers and in interviews, as two wordsâSPEED HARDCOREâto make things extra simple. This is what theyâre about: Hardcore, played hard, played fast, âfor us, by usââexplicit, immediate, definitiveâhinting at all the crucial bands that have come before them.Â
Their new debut full length, ONLY ONE MODE, exemplifies their growth and distillation. Itâs a concept album in one sense: a manual that explains, directly, SPEEDâs beliefs, the five guysâ personalities, what they bring to the table, whatâs special about their scene. Topics are sharp: âReal Life Love,â about the loyalty and realness theyâve learnt from hardcore, shows how SPEED connected through showing up; a depth of expression and emotion set against very punishing music. âThe First Testâ is full of dynamicsâheld notes, a tasteful flute breakâand speaks on finding oneself as a marginalized individualâin Siowâs case, as an Asian-born Australian: striking out alone and growing in a beautiful and ugly world. âKill Capâ displays real vulnerabilityâheartache, regret, spiritual themes, an homage to the friends and family lost to suicide. Lyrics on ONLY ONE MODE embrace perspectives, pore over big ideas and small detailed moments. About the tunes on the record: Harder than the singleâmore breakdowns, and longer ones; itâs heavy â90s metallic hardcore, in conversation with Hatebreed, Merauder, Biohazard. There are more groove parts; vocals are tough and emotive, there are none of the longer melodic parts that hardcore bands occasionally give in to when they rise to a popular level; all artistic decisions that are new for hardcore bands from Australia.Â
About that popularity: Itâs new for a hardcore band to be big, unprecedented for one from Australia. Big in two waysâfor hardcore kids from Sydney, playing good shows worldwide, proudly representing their scene. And second, for any band from the scene playing hard music, crossing over hard into the larger world. Itâs quick work to find SPEED doing both: headlining shows in England, New York, Japan, globally, turning in blazing sets at Sound & Fury and This Is Hardcore, among other massive heavy music festivals. Seven-figure viewed videosâtheir set at S&F, short films for their songsâand tunes headlining video game soundtracks. Famous folks wearing their jerseys, people new to the scene showing up to more gigs. SPEED know that because of these global crossover moments, they might be some peopleâs first hardcore band; the idea is that theyâll get introduced not only to SPEED, but also to the scene and the people behind it. Find SPEED, and youâll find Sydney hardcore; find a band making hard music, find more energy back home.Â
Which is whatâs happening. ONLY ONE MODE, like their previous records, is being released on Last Ride and Flatspot Records, their homes from the start. The album was produced by Elliott Gallart, Siowâs oldest high school friend; Jack Rudder, a longtime partner and collaborator, has directed all of SPEEDâs music videos. The cover photo was taken by James Hartley, the prolific Australian hardcore photographer from the 2000s, when SPEED first started, as young hardcore kids, going to shows.Â
SPEED arenât 180ing but are going deeper into hardcore, into Sydney; now the world has caught up. This is a hardcore band from Australia who surpassed what they thought they might do at the start, and has since doubled down, ONLY ONE MODE, as fast and as hard as possible. SPEED are doing what they do for the love of their friends, family and the culture of Australian hardcore. Theyâre under the global spotlight for now, bright enough that their whole sceneâs right there with them.
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