Speedy Wunderground announce Vol. 6 label compilation featuring English Teacher, HighSchool, O. and more
Pictured: Speedy Wunderground signings O. | Photo credit: Holly Whitaker
Beloved south London-based record label Speedy Wunderground are today announcing news of a 6th instalment in their annual compilation series. Speedy Wunderground Vol. 6 will be released digitally and on vinyl this August 30th, spotlighting selected single releases that chronicle the label's output across 2022-2023.
Featuring on the new edition are Dutch post-punks Lewsberg, vaunted English songwriter Jane Weaver, The Queen's Head, Australian goth-poppers HighSchool, experimental rock pair O. - who released acclaimed debut album WeirdOs on Speedy Wunderground earlier this year - newly-anointed Mercury Music Prize nominees English Teacher, psych-punks Hot Face and songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Tummyache. Every song captures a snapshot in time from these artists, each recorded in a single day as per the famed Speedy Wunderground studio rules. Vol. 6 makes for another exciting showcase of the many different directions the label continues to push itself in, at the vanguard of what's new and bubbling in the underground.
Pre-order Speedy Wunderground Vol. 6 here
Label head and producer Dan Carey comments: "I'm excited to have this collection ready. There is something that sets this apart from the previous 5 volumes: I had never worked with, and in most cases never even met any of the people on this record until the sessions for these songs. There's a variety in how these collaborations came about. Jane Weaver and Lewsberg are artists that I'd been wanting to work with for a long time, whereas I saw Hot Face at The Windmill one night and just said come over to mine! I have calculated that as a result of this compilation, Speedy Wunderground now has 24 new friends."
Ahead of the release Speedy Wunderground will be throwing a launch party at The Social which will include performances from Hot Face, Morn as well as a secret headliner and surprise DJs. Tickets are on sale now here
Speedy Wunderground Vol. 6 tracklisting
Side A
1. Lewsberg – ‘Six Hills’
2. Jane Weaver – ‘Oblique Fantasy
3. The Queen’s Head – ‘Your God Owes You Money
4. HighSchool – ‘Only a Dream’
Side B
1. O. – ‘OGO’
2. English Teacher – ‘Song About Love’
3. Hot Face – ‘dura dura’
4. Tummyache – Circling the Drain
