View basket “Strange Weather, Isnt It?” has been added to your basket. Knowledge Freedom Power Slow Readers Club, The SKU: SRC034LP Barcode: 5024545988918 24.00 £24.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Velveteen Records Released Date: 24th February 2023 Buying Format: 1LP Coloured Vinyl Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Blue Vinyl. The critically acclaimed The Slow Readers Club will follow their 2020 Top 10 album ‘The Joy of the Return’ with the release of their new record ‘Knowledge Freedom Power’ on February 24th, 2023. The Manchester band launch the album by sharing its lead single and title track.Nothing – not despots, pandemics, self-destruction or the rise of the machines–can keep a good band down. So, When The Slow Readers Club hit the studio in early 2022 with producer Joe Cross (Hurts/Courteeners), they battled dark times with a refreshing optimism. The result is ‘Knowledge Freedom Power’ , a sizzling synth-rock beast of a record akin to White Lies, Muse and modern-day Bloc Party, and a rallying cry of emancipation, both stylistically and socially. It’s a righteous punch of the air, a surge towards the future.Frontman Aaron Starkie says, “The world had got so bleak it felt a little indulgent to paint apocalyptic pictures when they were out in the real world. I thought people would probably want to hear more uplifting things, it was my intention to be a bit more positive. There’s still a lot of melodrama in there and it’s still dystopian in places but there’s more positive shades in this record.” That positivity powers to the fore with the album’s lead single and title track, an instantly addictive hybrid of the band’s new pulsating synth style with their anthemic alt – rock roots. Its streamlined, straight – to – the – point hook highlights the fact that there can be an alternative to a world which is becoming increasingly authoritarian and ignoring the needs of the many in favour of the few. Aaron adds, “Growing up as a council estate kid in Manchester I was very conscious of having a limited horizon and I guess I had a chip on my shoulder and something to prove. It’s that background that inspired both our band name and the album’s title track ‘Knowledge Freedom Power’. It is an exercise in positive slog aneering, a mantra for education as a means of a way out from social and psychological confinement.” As much as the record finds The Slow Readers Club channelling a brighter spirit, there’s no dumbing down of their famously ferocious and insightful lyricism. A beam of hope shines throughout ‘Sacred Song’ : part in the form of a spiritual saviour, but also embracing the power of love as a force for good, something which can also be achieved by the friendship and community spirit infused in ‘Lay Your Troubles On Me’ . Yet a darkness still looms large, whether its within the warmongering satire – and ultimately individual powerlessness – of ‘Seconds Out’ or the steady march of automation over the human workforce on opener ‘Modernise’ ‘Knowledge Freedom Power’ is the band’s sixth album and the latest giant leap in one of the greatest self-made success stories in recent British rock history. Since debuting in 2011 with their eponymous and self – released debut album, they’ve constantly grown in stature leading to sold – out headline gigs including the Manchester Apollo and London’s Scala , shows as guests to Pixies ,Catfish and The Bottlemen and James , as well as festivals stretching from the Neighbourhood Weekender to Mad Cool Madrid. When lockdown kicked in the same week that ‘The Joy Of The Return’ debuted at #9, The Slow Readers Club reacted to the cancellation of their touring plans by creating a darker, more ethereal set of songs, which they recorded via Whats App and Google Drive and by recording one band member at a time in the studio. The result was ‘91 Days in Isolation’ , which they self-released in October 2020 Knowledge Freedom Power’ Artist Slow Readers Club, The Genre Rock And Pop Label Velveteen Records Buying Options 1LP Coloured Vinyl Format 1LP , Coloured Vinyl Condition New Country UK Track Listings 1.‘Modernise’ 2.‘Afterlife’ 3. ‘Sacred Song’ 4.‘Lay Your Troubles On Me’ 5.‘How Could You Know?’ 6. ‘Knowledge Freedom Power’ 7. ‘What Might Have Been’ 8. ‘Seconds Out’ 9. ‘Forget About Me’ 10. ‘No You' Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Slow Readers Club, The and more from Rock And Pop View Product Quick View Slow Readers Club, The Knowledge Freedom Power Rock And Pop | Velveteen Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 24th February 2023 £24.00 Select options Slow Readers Club, The Knowledge Freedom Power £24.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Velveteen Records Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 24th February 2023 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Slow Readers Club, The The Joy of The Return Rock And Pop | Modern Sky Entertainment | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 20th March 2020 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Slow Readers Club, The The Joy of The Return £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Modern Sky Entertainment SKU: M215UKLP Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 20th March 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Slow Readers Club, The Build A Tower Rock And Pop | Modern Sky Entertainment | 1LP Released 4th May 2018 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Slow Readers Club, The Build A Tower £17.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Modern Sky Entertainment SKU: 0190296957079 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 4th May 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Blur Blur (Special Edition) Rock And Pop | Parlophone | 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 26th July 2012 £42.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Blur Blur (Special Edition) £42.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Parlophone SKU: 5099962483612 Formats: 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 26th July 2012 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Matthew E. 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