How Speed Stick Shot From Experimental Rock to Its Startlingly Poppy Debut Album
Speed Stick
At first blush,
Volume One sounds like the kind of what-the-hell project that droves of cooped-up musicians have been doing since March: Record 10 double-drummer tracks, send them out to friends to finish, and then wrestle the results into an album.
But the road leading to Carrboro supergroup Speed Stickâs debut, released last week by New Jerseyâs Don Giovanni Records, was longer and more unique than that. With a group featuring members of Bat Fangs, The Love Language, Polvo, and The Paul Swest, plus contributors as august as Superchunkâs Mac McCaughan and The Breedersâ Kelley Deal, a spirit of merry contradiction reigns on