In this episode, #252 of the XS Noize Podcast, Mark Millar is joined by Aaron Starkie from The Slow Readers Club to celebrate A Decade of Cavalcade — marking ten years since the Manchester band’s […]
Manchester’s noir indie-rock outfit The Slow Readers Club returns with their seventh studio album, Out Of A Dream. It is a journey through a modern, digital landscape reminiscent of Dante’s Inferno, though this time, the […]
Insistent, pulsing electro-pop and yearning, literary indie blend and bleed into one as Manchester’s emotive and adventurous songsmiths, The Slow Readers Club release their stunning, statement single, “Boy So Blue” – OUT NOW. Energetic, cautionary, […]
Troubling modern ills within society and within human nature itself pulse through the first new music of 2024 from The Slow Readers Club as they announce the release of their upcoming album with a new […]
The Slow Readers Club are Aaron Starkie (vocals), Kurtis Starkie (guitar), James Ryan (bass), and David Whitworth (drums). They write anthemic, uplifting post-punk alt-rock songs with addictive melodies, sing-along choruses and heartfelt lyrics. The band […]
British singer-songwriter Morrissey has today announced a series of major headline summer shows at London’s Crystal Palace Park on Sunday 9th July and Leeds Millennium Square on Wednesday 12th July. The announcement precedes a highly […]
Manchester quartet, The Slow Readers Club are back with their sixth studio album Knowledge Freedom Power. Following on from their 2020 Top 10 album The Joy of the Return which was released around the time […]
In episode #116 of The XS Noize Podcast, Mark Millar catches up with The Slow Readers Club‘s Aaron Starkie to talk about their new record ‘Knowledge Freedom Power’ out on February 24th, 2023. Nothing – […]
As they prepare to release their new album ‘Knowledge Freedom Power’ on February 24th, The Slow Readers Club’s recent singles ‘Modernise’ and the title track have earned 6 Music airplay from Steve Lamacq and Chris […]
The Slow Readers Club today share their new single ‘Modernise’. It’s the second track to preview the Manchester band’s new album ‘Knowledge Freedom Power’, which follows on February 24th. The record is their first full […]
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 […]
In episode #107 of The XS Noize Podcast, Mark Millar catches up with Koen van de Wardt from Dutch sonic explorers Klangstof to talk about their new album – ‘Godspeed To The Freaks’ Going deeper, […]
Manchester’s THE SLOW READERS CLUB, are back with their latest and most anthemic single yet, ‘Tell No Lies’; a huge synth-driven alternate anthem ready-made in time for the band’s long-anticipated – and three times rescheduled […]
Back in March, I reviewed the fourth studio album by The Slow Readers Club The Joy of the Return. I hardly expected, seven months later, to be reviewing a follow-up but then we’ve had a […]
Manchester’s The Slow Readers Club have released the second track from their fifth studio album, 91 Days in Isolation. Speaking about the new track, Aaron Starkie (Lead Singer) says: “Lyrically it’s a song about the […]
Manchester’s THE SLOW READERS CLUB have announced their fifth studio album, 91 Days in Isolation, out on October 23rd self-released via their own label, SRC Records. 91 Days in Isolation swiftly follows their Top 10 […]
Manchester’s The Slow Readers Club are back with a fourth album, The Joy Of The Return, out on March 20th via Modern Sky UK. It’s recorded at Parr Street Studios in Liverpool and produced by […]
The Slow Readers Club have shared ‘Killing Me’, the final single to be taken from their upcoming album The Joy Of The Return ahead of its release on March 20thmvia Modern Sky UK. Blending powerful […]
The Slow Readers Club have shared their new track, ‘Jericho’, the latest to be taken from their upcoming fourth album The Joy Of The Return, out on March 20th via Modern Sky UK. Opening to […]
The Slow Readers Club have shared the video for their new single, ‘All I Hear’, the first track to be taken from their upcoming fourth album, The Joy Of The Return, out March 20th via […]