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Black Fly

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SINGLE FROM 22ND ANNIVERSARY REISSUE OF ACCLAIMED ALBUM ‘PIGEON POP’

“Hemel Hempstead’s answer to Talking Heads”
UNCUT

“This record doesn’t sound much like anything else around at the moment”
CLASH MAGAZINE

‘About as truly original as you can get’
NATIONAL BAND REGISTER

‘A knees-up redefinition of the term eclectic’
Q MAGAZINE

‘So leftfield that it’s almost right.’
THE FLY

When Speedvark released their first album ‘Pigeon Pop’, 22 years ago, their quirky mix of story-telling, genre-bending and self-deprecation had reviewers scratching their heads. Why write a song about freezing up in the public lavs (‘Panic’)? Why get so passionate about middle management (‘(Market) Research Man’)? Why declare in their opening song they were ‘completely terrified’ (‘Nervous’). WTF were they on when they wrote ‘Plants’? Or ‘Geoffrey Ace’? Or any of it?

‘Black Fly’ was the jewel in the crown and this single is the focus track from their 22nd Anniversary reissue of the album ‘Pigeon Pop’


Speedvark will play a gig at The Fiddler’s Elbow, Camden on Monday 19th December. www.thefiddlerselbow.co.uk/whos-playing/live-music-event-speedvark-guests19122022

Speedvark ‘Pigeon-Pop’ 22nd Anniversary Edition will be available on all digital music platforms on 22nd December 2022. Order CDs and merch at speedvark.bandcamp.com

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released December 22, 2022
Ben Raudnitz / Pete Flatt

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Speedvark Hemel Hempstead, UK

Speedvark is Hemel Hempstead's second most important rock band. Formed in 1986 the band has sold in excess of three records. Terrified of publicity, certain dogs and most people, the band took 14 years to release their first album, 2000's 'Pigeon Pop'. 13 years on and now in their middle years, Ben and Pedro (the band) have plucked up the courage to write, record and release their next shocker ... more

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