My Album Of The Week for the week of August 12th-August 18th, 2013:
Speed's The Name - No Planets Exist
Now, I know what you might be thinking: "Ay, Droogsy? You weren't particularly kind to this band when you reviewed their single "Circles" back in Songs Of The Week. Now you're going to spend a week with this band?"
First of all, shut up. Second, yes, I'm going to spend a week with their album. If you go back and read SOTW #51, it may appear that I'm not fond of "Circles," but context is everything. Within the context of The Current Song Of The Day tracks, I'm absolutely bored to tears with synth-pop (as any loyal reader will tell you). I stay addicted to that podcast to hear something new & exciting and synth-pop rarely does that for me.
However, "Circles" isn't a bad song at all. In fact, within the context of No Planets Exist it's pretty damn epic. When I was researching Speed's The Name for SOTW I happened across their Bandcamp page where they have this album up as a Pay What You'd Like download. I've given it one spin already and it kind of sounds like Roddy Woomble from Idlewild fronting The Killers. That, my friends, is something I can get behind. Head over to their Bandcamp page to give it a spin for yourself.
