Following last year’s brutally fast ONLY ONE MODE, Australian hardcore crew SPEED have announced a three-song EP, titled ALL MY ANGELS, out Oct. 23 via Flatspot Records/Last Ride. It’s meant to memorialize a trio of their friends who passed away over the last 18 months, and they’ve just unleashed the ripping lead single “PEACE.”
“Amid this devastation, I was overcome with a deep sense of clarity and peace,” frontman Jem Siow says. “Because, despite the abyss of questions of why and how, my clearest sense of calm lay in the certainty that the time we shared and invested in one another was underpinned by unfiltered honesty and unconditional love.
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“Their lives were short, but I know our experiences together were lived with deep, meaningful intention, which has, in turn, empowered us with more meaning and purpose while we are still here,” he continues. “This sense of calm and focus exists like a sharpened, refined weapon at my disposal — poised to attack life and its many hurdles with precision and intention. And it has only been refined through the process of loss.”
Next week, SPEED will link up with their hardcore peers Turnstile for the NEVER ENOUGH headlining tour. Alongside Jane Remover, they’ll open every show, featuring select dates with Blood Orange, Mannequin Pussy, and Amyl and the Sniffers. See the tour dates here and video for “PEACE” below, which fuses their blistering riffs with a soaring choir.
SPEED – ALL MY ANGELS EP tracklist
- “AIN’T MY GAME”
- “PEACE”
- “ALL MY ANGELS”
