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For Speedy Wunderground, 2019 has been a vital and pivotal year. As well as label boss Dan Carey having produced an array of critically-acclaimed albums including regular collaborator Kate Tempest’s ‘The Book Of Traps And Lessons’ (alongside Rick Rubin), as well as the two Mercury Prize-nominated offerings from Black Midi (‘Schlagenheim’) and Fontaines D.C. (‘Dogrel’) - the 7” imprint he runs alongside Alexis Smith and Pierre Hall has been developing and growing and is fast-becoming recognised as one of the most exciting new labels in the country, culminating in an AIM Award nomination for Best Small Label, hitting their landmark 30th single release and putting out their very first non 7” / compilation releases.

Among those artists / tracks involved in this collection are: the Krautrock assault-on-the-senses of Scottibrains (Speedy house band featuring Dan Carey and Boxed In’s Oli Bayston and Liam Hutton), mixed by Orla Carey, the 13 year old daughter of the producer; ‘bmbmbm’ (7” single version), the first ever official release from London’s enigmatic genre-defying black midi (who Carey recently performed this track with at The Mercury Prize show, in which guitarist Matt Kelvin unleashed an awe-aspiring forward flip straight after running into a piano).

There’s also Squid’s LCD-meets-Television punk-disco workout ‘The Dial’; the twisting and turning art-rock of Black Country, New Road’s ‘Athen’s, France’ and in the label’s strong tradition of new / unlikely collaborations the skittering post-punk jam of All We Are & Alex Karpranos’ ‘Heart Attack’ - Carey having worked with the former on their self-titled debut and the latter on their third long-player ‘Tonight:Franz Ferdinand’.

Also present is the blistering jangle-drenched pop of newcomers Tiña; the acerbic existential lyricism of Leeds’ Treeboy & Arc and the powerful post-punk poetry of Ireland’s Sinead O’Brien.

“This definitely feels like a definitive collection for us” say label corunner / A&R Pierre Hall, “we love all the compilations, but this just feels like a real snapshot in time, all the bands and artists involved - despite being separate releases - all feel really connected.”

TRACK LISTING

Scottibrains - Sustained Threat
Black Midi - Bmbmbm 
Squid - The Dial
Black Country, New Road - Athen’s, France
All We Are & Alex Kapranos - Heart Attack
Tiña - I Feel Fine
Treeboy & Arc - Concept
Sinead O’Brien - Taking On Time