THE SLOW READERS CLUB – Knowledge Freedom Power (w/ Alternate Cover) – LP – Gold Vinyl

LP -Limited Edition GoldVinyl with Alternative Cover Artwork.

The critically acclaimedThe Slow Readers Clubwill 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 machinescan keep a good band down. So, When The Slow Readers Club hit the studio in early 2022 with producerJoe 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. Its a righteous punch of the air, a surge towards the future.

As much as the record finds The Slow Readers Club channelling a brighter spirit, theres 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 bands 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, theyve constantly grown in stature leading to sold – out headline gigs including the Manchester Apollo and Londons 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

Tracklist:

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