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Shut All The Clubs

from Shut All The Clubs / Love by The Speed Of Sound

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    The new limited edition physical 7" 45rpm single from The Speed Of Sound. Pressed on heavy 50g heavy vinyl, with full colour numbered label, signed inner sleeve and numbered full colour outer sleeve. Shut All The Clubs c/w Love.

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The relentless cultural vandalism of towns & cities and demolition of music venues in a ruthless corporate land grab continues unabated.
This is not just happening in Manchester it is across the whole UK and other countries too. Venues less than arena size are not recognised as culturally important and bulldozed as a matter of course to be replaced with airport style shops and unaffordable flats. The independent spirit and local flavour that makes cities attractive places to live is being systematically crushed.
It must stop.
The new 45rpm single from The Speed Of Sound
Shut All The Clubs
and Love (b-side/bonus track)

issued in limited edition, 50g heavy black vinyl, signed inner sleeve, picture sleeve, digital version also available - due for release 28March2016

lyrics

Shut All The Clubs:
Business invests and business infests
The developers dream runs wild
Bohemia shrinks the public blinks
The city is restyled
A glass fronted gym and retail opportunities
Make up the empire of the bland
The heart of the city is replaced with empty offices
The developers rub their hands
The artists move out as rents shoot up
Atmosphere makes its final stand
The heart of the city beats its last as computers boot up
The development goes as planned
Business invests business divests
The developers dream runs wild
Bohemia shrinks the public drinks
And the city is defiled
Corporatise, sanitise, big it up with PR lies,
Shut all the clubs tear down the pubs
Sear it all and cauterise
So that we can have more luxury flats
'Cos living in the city - thats where its at

© J Armstrong 2015

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from Shut All The Clubs / Love, released March 28, 2016

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The Speed Of Sound UK

"Unique and other worldly"- Vive Le Rock!
"New Wave Post-Punk blood powered by a heartbeat of 1960's influences"- Louder Than War.

The Speed Of Sound are:
John Armstrong guitar/vocals, AnnMarie Crowley - vocals/percussion, Kevin Roache - bass guitar & John Broadhurst - drums,

Based in Manchester UK. Unfettered, unchained & independent since 1989.
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