‘The crisp, jazzy beats of A Certain Ratio, the unhinged eccentricity of early Wolfgang Press and the techno-gizmo treats of early seventies Eno combine to make Speedvark so wonderfully odd, they could be from Wales’
THE EVENING STANDARD
Speedvark + Special GuestsMagnificently eclectic, and near impossible to define, which is probably why I enjoy it’
JOHNNY BLACK (MOJO)
‘Hemel Hempstead’s answer to Talking Heads’
UNCUT
‘Catchy, clever and fun…drawing on everything from XTC to Talking Heads to early Stones’
PROG MAGAZINE
‘This record doesn’t sound much like anything else around at the moment’
CLASH MAGAZINE
‘Yuletide fun… up-and-coming left-fielders’
TIMEOUT
‘Speedvark. If they didn’t exist you’d have to invent them. But you might be too afraid to’
VELVET THUNDER
CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED SPEEDVARK RETURNS TO CAMDEN’S FINEST MUSIC VENUE FOR ITS ANNUAL XMAS NUT-CRACKER CONCERT
The press can’t all be wrong, can they? Come and find out.
Attendees of the SPEEDVARK XMAS NUT-CRACKER will be treated to a genre-bending mix of classic rock, psychedelic space-jams and weird pop. We’ve got songs about a rat (Mr Rat), a fly (Black Fly), a rhino (the Rhino Song) and the wings of an insect (Insect Wings). And for those not into animal-based music, we’ll mix things up with The Black Crowes, The Beatles, T.Rex and The Animals… DOH!
Additionally, there will be a selection of non-creature focused material, including ambitious covers of ‘The Faith Healer’ (The Sensational Alex Harvey Band), ‘In The Light’ (Led Zeppelin) as well as our own festive favourite ‘I Hate Your Mother’.
There will also be a re-enactment of the birth of Jesus.
Tickets on the door £10 / Santa (& associates) £5 / Turkeys £2 / Shepherds £50 / Sheep £1 each or £10 for a flock (20 maximum per flock) / Non-believers £100 / God £1 million (why not!)
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Source: The Fiddler's Elbow website
