Speed Stick

Begun as an experimental recording project by two drummers, Speed Stick mutated into an angular indie rock supergroup as more participants got involved. The core membership sent around unfinished instrumental tracks to their friends and collaborators, eventually compiling an album's worth of input from members of Superchunk, R. Ring, Polvo, and many others for their 2021 debut Volume One. Speed Stick was initially formed and conceptualized by drummers Laura King of Bat Fangs and Thomas Simpson of the Love Language. The two drummers recorded themselves playing in unison and se...