Speed Week - Phishing

  

  Hey Hey it's Speed Week that are on Just Some Punk Songs today... 

  Hailing from Melbourne (yep, yet another killer Aussie band), Speed Week (https://www.facebook.com/speedweekband/) are a band that jumped onto my radar a year ago when I heard a pretty damn awesome song by them called Into The Pit (https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2019/09/speed-week-into-pit.html). 

  They returned last week with a new ep. It's titled Hey Hey It's Speed Week and it landed just too late for me to feature a track in the recent Australian punk special show that I put together (https://www.mixcloud.com/mick-fletcher/just-some-punk-songs-aussie-punk-special/). 

  So what's it like? 

  It's fair dinkum cobber. If I was making a comparison I'd say it treads similar ground to another JSPS favourite, Vintage Crop. It's mid paced, catchy garage punk mixed with post-punk featuring a vocalist that half sings, half chats his way through proceedings. You can find it here : https://speedweek.bandcamp.com/album/hey-hey-its-speed-week 

  This is my pick from the ep, it's a cautionary warning about the rise of cyber crime and those who make their living scamming online. It's called Phishing...  

Speed Week - Into The Pit

  Speed Week are a 4 piece Melbourne punk band featuring Andy, Brad, Elliott and Ryan. I don't know much about them and their Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/speedweekband/) isn't exactly a goldmine of info but I'm guessing they've not been together too long as all they've got on their Bandcamp page is March's Growing Pains/Ethical Boy single and the song you'll find at the bottom of this update.

https://speedweek.bandcamp.com/

  As I can't write much about the band to pad out this introduction I suppose I better say something about the song....

  Wow! Musically It's very decent garage influenced punk but the lyrics and the sentiment behind them strike a chord. Add the couldn't care less Aussie drawl and it elevates Speed Week up amongst numerous Down Under acts that I'll be keeping an eye on in the knowledge that there's plenty more in their tank. "I'm so sick of everything, fuck this, into the pit. I'm overworked, I'm underpaid, fuck this, into the pit. I'm so sick of everything, fuck this, into the pit." I get where you're coming from guys! Fuck those who want you to get a shitty job, fuck society, fuck capitalism, fuck being exploited, take a leap of faith and jump Into The Pit....