Speed – Only One Mode LP (Clear Vinyl) Online

Limited clear vinyl LP pressing. 2024 release. To catch everyone up: Australian hardcore band Speed is putting their foot down on the world. For hardcore kids from Sydney, which is where Speed s from and what they represent, this is a first. Everyone in the band has been going to shows for years- real moshers, always up front, dancing. During a lull period in their home scene- there were no new bands going on -the guys stepped up and tapped in. Speed decided to start out hard and traditional-a 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 words-Speed HARDCORE-to make things extra simple. This is what they re about: Hardcore, played hard, played fast, for us, by us -explicit, immediate, definitive-hinting at all the crucial bands that have come before them. Their debut full length, ONLY ONE MODE, exemplifies their growth and distillation. It s a concept album in one sense: a manual that explains, directly, Speed s beliefs, the five guys personalities, what they bring to the table, what s special about their scene.