The 1st single and video from their debut full-length ‘Only One Mode’ out July 12th on Flatspot Records and Last Ride Records.

Speed and hardcore are two words that have become synonymous on a global scale. The Sydney, Australia based band have staked claim on the genre through exhilarating live performances, epic music videos, and staying true to themselves. The five-piece have coined the phrase ‘Only One Mode’, so it’s no surprise it declares the title of their first full-length album. Set for release July 12th through their label homes Flatspot Records (USA) and Last Ride Records (AUS), the debut exemplifies the band’s growth while still delivering the Speed ethos. 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. The band share ‘Real Life Love’ the first single and opening track on LP. The song is about the loyalty and realness they’ve learnt from hardcore, how band connected through showing up; a depth of expression and emotion set against very punishing music. Tough vocals, jolting grooves, pummeling breakdowns, song has everything that makes up the Speed sound. The video for the track, produced by group and friends Jack Rudder & Thomas Elliot, celebrates the Sydney hardcore scene. On the single vocalist Jem Siow states:

“My time in hardcore has informed the relationships I have with everyone I hold close. An unconditional sense of love and loyalty. A bond that knows no words. Relationships that now span a lifetime. To us, this unique sense of deep-seated understanding is the essence of HC, it’s what we’re most passionate about and grateful for. Yet there are many in, and especially outside of this space who conflate this idea. If you stick around long enough, you might just get it. Otherwise, what’s the point to all of this?”

‘ONLY ONE MODE’ TRACKLIST:

1. REAL LIFE LOVE

2. DON’T NEED

3. NO LOVE BUT FOR OUR OWN

4. ONLY FOES…

5. THE FIRST TEST

6. KILL CAP

7. SEND THEM 2 SYDNEY

8. SHUT IT DOWN

9. I MEAN IT

10. CAUGHT IN A CRAZE

This is a hardcore band from Australia who surpassed what they thought they might do at the start, and has since doubled down, ‘Only One Mode’, as fast and as hard as possible. Speed are doing what they do for the love of their friends, family and the culture of Australian hardcore. They’re under the global spotlight for now, bright enough that their whole scene’s right there with them.

Jun 14: Leicestershire, UK – Download Festival

Jun 15: Leeds, UK – Brudnell Social Club

Jun 15: London, UK – Flatspot World

Jun 18: Darmstadt, GER – Oettinger Villa

Jun 19: Oberhausen, GER – Kulttempel

Jun 20: Ghent, BE – De Chinastraat

Jun 21: Rennes, FR – Superbowl Of Hardcore

June 22: Guardamiglio, IT – Low L Festival

Jun 23: Gräfenhainichen, GER – Full Force Festival

Jun 24: Nuremberg, GER – Kunstverein

Jun 25: Karlsruhe, GER – Die Stadtmitte

Jun 26: Viveiro, ES – Resurrection Festival

Jun 28: Clisson, FR – Hellfest