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The Speed Of Sound
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"Unique and otherworldly." Vive Le Rock “New wave post-punk blood powered by a heartbeat of '60s influences” Louder Than War. Making music since 1989.
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Thanks to Vive Le Rock for the video premiere today! vivelerock.net/blogs/news-1... #FutureRetroModernist #IndependentMusic #IndependentArtist #AlternativeRock #ArtRock #GaragePunk #PostPunk #ProgPunk #NewWave #PowerPop #PsychedelicRock #FolkRock #FolkPunk #PowerFolk #PostGenre #TheSpeedOfSound
March 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Yet another use of the ‘unique’ word in a review. Thats meaningful in a cutnpaste world. Thanks to Billy Yfantis at Sklylight Webzine in Greece for getting into Permafrost skylight.gr/index.php/20...
February 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Future Retro Modernist is our vibe, thanks to Skylight Webzine in Greece for totally getting what that is in their review of Artificial Paradise here skylight.gr/index.php/20...
December 15, 2024 at 12:50 PM
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It was really cool to be able to chat with DJ Nocturna in this video-interview and focus on the three discs of A Cornucopia while ranging much further afield too youtube.com/watch… there is plenty to say about a project as wholistic as this with a 35th anniversary year too.
November 28, 2024 at 10:23 PM
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Hello. Seeing as things are blowing up here a bit, here’s a refresher, MUSICnGEAR said our new single Artificial Paradise is “a lush blend of indie rock and danceable power pop” which neatly sums that one up, but the album is a hugely diverse 38 track three disc set so there is masses to explore.
A review from music n gear of our new single Artificial Paradise calling it a lush blend of indie rock and danceable power pop” the text of the review is placed on the album sleeve, which features an astronaut with flowers reflected in his visor. On his left shoulder are the goddesses Minerva, Victory and Bounty (also the names of the individual discs that make up the three album set) while the five band members peer over his right shoulder. A purple hue permeates the sky with a red moon and a giant sunflower.
November 16, 2024 at 8:51 PM
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35 years since this particular musical voyage of discovery, experimentation & boundary pushing started. 17th September 1989. We recorded the 1st EP on old technology. The Berlin Wall was still up & no internet. A different world. We’re still here. Still making independent music & still enjoying it!
The master tape from the recording session in 1989, 35 years ago today. One day, four songs. 15 ips.
September 17, 2024 at 9:15 PM
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This Charming Cat #gladioli #TheSmiths
Serenely relaxed Benjamin the Bengal poses near some gladioli and thinks himself correctly to be charming
August 11, 2024 at 3:18 PM
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Thanks to Voix de Garage Grenoble for digging Minerva so much: find out for yourself here bigstirrecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-corn... #music
“A wonderfully ambitious and so good new album” “we can expect Power Pop, even Indie Pop... The Speed ​​Of Sound is clearly digging into that... but not only that! So not! We can also find in their music elements from New Wave, Indie 90, Post Punk, Art Rock, Baroque Pop… With some cinematic elements, and sometimes lush and complex arrangements, always at the service of the SONG!” “we can expect Power Pop, even Indie Pop... The Speed ​​Of Sound is clearly digging into that... but not only that! So not! We can also find in their music elements from New Wave, Indie 90, Post Punk, Art Rock, Baroque Pop… With some cinematic elements, and sometimes lush and complex arrangements, always at the service of the SONG!” “adds the innocence of Television Personalities to the inventiveness of Bowie in a unique music that stands out from everything and sticks to you!!!”
June 9, 2024 at 7:25 PM
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Thanks to post-punk online for digging Minerva! post-punk.com/listen-to-th...
“Idiosyncratic and ever-evolving, always seeking new horizons” - post-punk onine “An adventurous blend of experimentation, catchy hooks, melodic sensibility, sharp wit, and lyrical depth, all infused with a sense of joy” - post-punk online
May 28, 2024 at 7:15 PM
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Thanks to The Spill Magazine for premiering the video for Trickledown youtu.be/kDCslTPpogM and their ace accompanying review
An extended arm reaches fora glass of champagne in the sleeve photo for the Trickledown single artwork “Taking into consideration all 3 singles previewed to date, it’s clear that the sonic kaleidoscope presented on The Speed of Sound’s new album is worth the wait – a musical compass in a direction we should all explore.” “With a measured pace, a sense of spaciousness and Crowley’s unique vocals, we arrive at a sound recalling a more chilled-out Jefferson Airplane.”
May 24, 2024 at 9:01 AM
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Thanks to PopRock Record for ‘totally getting’ Minerva: poprockrecord.com/2024/05/20/p...
“Talk about an aptly named album. The Speed Of Sound’s ‘A Cornucopia: Minerva’ really is a buffet-style serving if multiple music styles. There’s a bit of Bo Diddley boogie, Velvet Underground swagger, and 60s melodious beat - and thats just in the first thee cuts. John Armstrong and Ann-Marie Crowley share vocal duties in a creative tension in nearly all the songs, the former pulling in an Anglo-Lou Reed direction, the latter evoking an Alison Moyet pop confidence. With 14 songs here there’s plenty to choose from in terms of highlights. Personally I’m drawn to the straightforward poprock efficiency of ‘Clickbait’ with its slight snarl. ‘Yet Another Tuesday’ sounds like a punked-up Monkees to me. However, my fave is undoubtedly ‘Question Time’. I love the multiple guitar hooks as well as the spot-on lyrical sentiment.”
May 21, 2024 at 6:26 PM
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Diverse and contradictory words from Blitzed Magazine attempting to describe the new album, maybe finding out for yourself is a good idea bigstirrecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-corn...
May 13, 2024 at 4:13 PM
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‘The Sad Rocking Horse’ mixed media, site specific installation (2024) artist unknown
May 4, 2024 at 10:24 AM
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Thanks to Blitzed Magazine a full page review and “will delight those looking for garage-pop perfection” - perfection is a strong word!
May 3, 2024 at 3:07 PM
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Thanks to Joyzine for their appraisal of The Great Acceleration #FutureRetroModernist #IndependentArtist #AlternativeRock #ArtRock #GaragePunk #PostPunk #ProgPunk #NewWave #PowerPop #PsychedelicRock #FolkRock #FolkPunk #PowerFolk #GothicLoungeJazz #BeyondGenre #SonicAdventure #PostGenre #HumanMusic
Always with a keen sense of the melodic with their experimentation. New single ‘The Great Acceleration’ is reminiscent of R.E.M. at their height with its twisting guitar riff and syncopated drums all leading to a very ear-wormy chorus”
May 2, 2024 at 11:06 AM
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Another busy week for West Wind on air:
April 27, 2024 at 2:27 PM
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West Wind has had a thrillingly busy first week of radio play, which is to say thank you to all who have listened orcd.co/speedofsound...
April 15, 2024 at 10:15 AM
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“What do you want?”
“Information.”
“You won’t get it.”
Redacted: A line of four ‘Information’ boards at Burnage train station, they are empty frames displaying only the brick wall behind them.
March 19, 2024 at 7:17 PM
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A very nice way to start the lunar year, as Reverbnation has us at No.1 again. Thanks!
2024 is going to be busy (British Understatement TM), we have so much ‘in the pipe’ for this year. Exciting times.
A screenshot of The Speed Of Sound’s profile on Reverbnation today, showing ranked No.1 in the chart. L-R John Broadhurst, Ann-Marie Crowley, Kevin Roache and John Armstrong
February 12, 2024 at 6:59 PM
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Spring is on the way; a hyacinth poking through the mud says so
Looking down on a hyacinth sprouting and budding in a muddy January flowerpot. Spring is bursting out
January 8, 2024 at 12:04 PM
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Thanks to the low winter midday sun we have an obstacle on the stairs
Basking in the warm horizontal sunlight Ben Purr the bengal occupies the stairs and declares it to be a comfort zone
January 7, 2024 at 12:22 PM
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Making the most of Monday Lunchtime Relaxation
Ben Pur the bengal cat asleep on my leg in the afternoon sun. A feline led relaxation class.
September 25, 2023 at 12:32 PM
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backlit orchids are as Eddie Cochran would say “something else”
Orchids, backlit by low autumn sun, vibrant purple petals outlined in white where they are thinner and the light goes straight through
September 23, 2023 at 1:14 PM
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And a glass of red to celebrate a full set of draft 1 mixes in the bag (x16 are ready to master, x14 with minor tweaks) and we’re on schedule time wise too.
Darkness in the garden except for the blazing chimnea, a tall black steel monolith which people keep saying reminds them of Mordor
September 2, 2023 at 8:05 PM
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Reach out…
A low angle of Ben Pur the bengal cat asleep in the sun, his front left leg reaching towards the camera takes up the whole of the right side of the picture. Relaxed.
September 1, 2023 at 10:14 AM