The Slow Readers Club by Trust A Fox Photography
The Slow Readers Club were in the studio at the start of this year with producer Joe Cross.
The Slow Readers Club have responded to the bleak picture the world has painted these past few years with an optimistic sonic outlook.
“The world had got so bleak it felt a little indulgent to paint apocalyptic pictures when they were out in the real world,” frontman Aaron Starkie said.
“I thought people would probably want to hear more uplifting things, it was my intention to be a bit more positive. There’s still a lot of melodrama in there and it’s still dystopian in places but there’s more positive shades in this record.”
“That positivity powers to the fore with the album’s lead single and title track, an instantly addictive hybrid of the band’s new pulsating synth style with their anthemic alt-rock roots.”
“It’s streamlined, straight-to-the-point hook highlights the fact that there can be an alternative to a world which is becoming increasingly authoritarian and ignoring the needs of the many in favour of the few.”
The band will release their new album Knowledge Freedom Power on February 24th and are previewing it now with the title-track.
“Growing up as a council estate kid in Manchester I was very conscious of having a limited horizon and I guess I had a chip on my shoulder and something to prove,” Starkie added.
“It’s that background that inspired both our band name and the album’s title track ‘Knowledge Freedom Power’. It is an exercise in positive sloganeering, a mantra for education as a means of a way out from social and psychological confinement.”
Knowledge Freedom Power tracklist:
Modernise
Afterlife
Sacred Song
Lay Your Troubles On Me
ow Could You Know?
‘Knowledge Freedom Power
What Might Have Been
Seconds Out
Forget About Me
No You Never
