Stockholm’s Speedway release their debut album ‘A Life’s Refrain‘, through Revelation Records. Recorded in Örebro at Fascination Street Studio, co-produced by the band alongside Title Fight’s Ned and Ben Russin, with mixing and mastering by Arthur Rizk (Fucked Up, Power Trip), the album is a thrilling explosion of untamed energy.
The tracks on ‘A Life’s Refrain’ are rooted in the spirit of 80s youth crew, yet refuse to be confined by its boundaries, evolving into a distinctive hybrid that evokes everything from Youth Of Today, ‘Victim In Pain’-era Agnostic Front, to Iron Maiden’s ‘Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son’. In addition to Ekulu’s Chris Wilson, Viagra Boys’ Sebastian Murphy features on ‘Solitaire’ with Title Fight and Glitterer’s Ned Russin lending his pipes to ‘Day By Day’.
Following two EPs, a live cassette, tours and gigs across Europe, ‘A Life’s Refrain’ embodies everything Speedway has accomplished up to this point, only better, more focused, and imbued with a sense of rebirth that resonates from the first riff to Larsson’s closing lyrics: “Sought courage in despair. In songs that pierce the midnight air”. Bursting with lightning-fast guitar riffs, captivating songwriting, and a stroke of melancholy, this album is poised to become a landmark in Swedish hardcore and beyond.