Speedial release two new tracks 'Perfume' / 'One Half'

London four-piece Speedial today release new tracks 'Perfume' and 'One Half' - previously only available as part of a limited-run 7" vinyl released at the band’s sold out headline show at Windmill Brixton last month. Speedial celebrate the release with a headline show at Third Man Records’ Blue Basement in London tonight (17th June). The new songs mark the band’s first new music since their 2025 debut EP 'Light Of The Late Night'.

Pulling from jazz fusion, post-rock and off-kilter indie, Speedial build songs that constantly mutate in motion. Dual vocalists Serena Garrod and Millie Kirby drift between conversational intimacy and explosive release, while Monarch Vavrechka’s spectral saxophone lines weave directly into the band’s dynamic rhythmic core alongside drummer Joe William Killick’s fluid, shape-shifting percussion.

Produced by the band's trusted collaborator Joseph Futak (Tapir!, lilo), 'Perfume' unpicks guilt and resentment, whilst 'One Half' explores family, distance and emotional inheritance. Moving between hushed, suspended passages and sudden bursts of tangled noise, Speedial fold jazz-informed rhythmic interplay, wiry guitar lines and uneasy melodic tension into something both intimate and volatile.

Speaking on the release of the two tracks, Serena Garrod said:

"Perfume is about empathising with someone that hurt me, because I had hurt someone in that same way before. That puts you in a really weird position where you can’t simply be angry at the person because you know exactly where they’re at. Some of that anger you transfer to yourself too, because now you know how it feels to be on the receiving end, and there’s a lot of immediate self reflection that has to come from that."

"One Half is one of the many songs I wrote about my mum when she moved back to her home country of Thailand. Leading up to her moving, she had this spark in her that I hadn’t seen for a really long time. That was wonderful to see but it equally triggered this guilt that I have for her staying in a country that doesn’t treat her well, as she had to look after me here growing up. The song explores how she’s hurt me, not trying to erase that but to be empathic towards it and acknowledge how much care she extends to me at the same time."

Four long-time friends who grew up playing music together, Speedial's shared history is evident in their ever-evolving, tight-knit sound. Now firmly embedded in London’s thriving alternative scene, the band are regulars at the Brixton Windmill, The George Tavern, and The Shacklewell Arms, sharing stages with acts including Camera Picture, Ugly, wing!, 1000 Rabbits, Dog Race, Jasper Llewellyn (from caroline), The Orchestra (For Now), and more.

Speedial's 2025 debut EP 'Light Of The Late Night' offered a tantalising glimpse of their early potential, with glowing press support from CLASH Magazine, DIY Magazine, The Line of Best Fit, Hard Of Hearing Magazine, as well as Spotify’s Jazz UK and melomania playlists - marking them as a band to watch.

Equal parts precise and unpredictable, Speedial are quickly establishing themselves as one of the most singular bands currently emerging from London’s underground.

New tracks 'Perfume' / 'One Half' are out now. Final copies of the limited-run 7" are available to purchase here.

LIVE DATES

• 17 June - Third Man Records - Blue Basement, London (Headline)
• 18 June - Sebright Arms, London (w/ ladylike)