Speed - Only One Mode - Cassettes

Release Date: 7/12/2024To 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. (The full lineup: Aaron Siow and brother Jem, on bass and vocals respectively, Josh Clayton and Dennis Vichidvongsa on guitars, and Kane Vardon on drums.) 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 highlevel 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 cru