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Artist
Speedstar
12+ albums
BrisbaneaustralianoceaniarockQueensland
about
In early December 2002, Brisbane five-piece Speedstar played to a few hundred people squeezed comfortably in to an observatory at the back of the Australian Homebake festival site. The show was pure class - a beautifully acoustic affair ending with their drummer throwing roses in to the crowd and one that quickly became the most talked about set of the day. It capped off a brilliant year for the band after the release of their critically acclaimed debut album 'Bruises You Can Touch' - and it's about to be repeated tenfold with the arrival of their brand new album 'Forget The Sun, Just Hold On'. Speedstar's return to the fray isn't only what they've become famous for - creating songs that deal with the delicate nature of love and hate and every emotion in between - for while the title of 'Bruises You Can Touch' was a barely disguised nod to the dark hurt of the songs held within, this time round Speedstar have a new message - it's time to look for the positive, no matter what kind of situation you've found yourself in, and having spent most of 2003 writing and recording their second album with that in mind, Speedstar are about to present 14 of the most life-affirming tracks you're likely to hear from any band this year. Working with revered Scottish producer Tony Doogan (whose credits include albums from artists such as Belle and Sebastian, The Super Furry Animals and The Reindeer Section) and infamous LA music identity Mixerman, 'Forget The Sun, Just Hold On' was set down o
