Formal Sppeedwear – Punch Card (LP Vinyl)
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Stoke-on-Trent has quietly nurtured some of the UK's most stubbornly individual music, and Formal Sppeedwear fit that tradition of working-class experimentalism without apology. Punch Card arrives as a debut that sounds like it was made by a band with nothing to prove and no interest in playing it safe, drawing from the same restless post-punk energy that made late-70s and early-80s art-rock so vital in the first place.
Stoke-on-Trent trio Formal Sppeedwear release debut album Punch Card, a shape-shifting avant-pop record built from sonic collage, instinct and happy accidents. Driven by a desire to constantly undermine expectation, the band fuse elastic basslines, jagged guitar motifs and sparse percussion into something both tightly controlled and thrillingly unpredictable. Much like the typo in their name, now worn proudly as a badge of honour, Punch Card thrives on collisions, contrasts and off-kilter charm. Self-produced and mastered by Paul D. Millar, Punch Card moves between improvisation, collage and moments of unexpected poignancy, emerging through collision, constraint and chance. FFO: XTC, Devo, Scary Monsters-era Bowie
Tracklist:
- Hit 'N' Run
- Who Needs Spain Ball?
- Indecent
- Knutmo 1-5
- Aardvark X2
- A Concise History
- Fleas
- Wait (Hatchet Gets a New Hide)
- The Ballad of DCB
- New Brother
- Appointment
- Friedrich Backs Up Nothing
UPC: 5060168046697
Label: Melodic Records
Release Date: 9.11.26
Format: LP Vinyl