Speakerzoid

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Speakerzoid
Speakerzoid by The Jungle Giants.png
Studio album by
The Jungle Giants
Released7 August 2015 (2015-08-07)
Genre Indie rock
Length41:14
Label Amplifire Music
The Jungle Giants chronology
Learn to Exist
(2013)		Speakerzoid
(2015)		 Quiet Ferocity
(2017)
Singles from Speakerzoid
  1. "Every Kind of Way"
    Released: 10 April 2015 [1]
  2. "Kooky Eyes"
    Released: 19 June 2015 [2]
  3. "Creepy Cool"
    Released: March 2016 [3]
  4. "Devil's Play"
    Released: June 2016 [4]

Speakerzoid is the second studio album by Australian indie rock band The Jungle Giants. The album was released on 7 August 2015 and peaked at number 25 on the ARIA Charts.

Contents

Lead singer Sam Hales explains the title comes from his girlfriend misunderstanding a lyric in a song. He said "Someone was playing the Sonic Youth song Teenage Riot' and my girlfriend thought she was saying 'Speakerzoid' (when she was saying 'spirit desire'). After a while I just really liked the word." [5]

Upon release, Hales told The AU Review "We've always looked for the opportunity, if you've seen us live, whenever we get the chance, we'll lose our heads a bit and go crazy. With this record, we wanted to create more chances for that, more opportunities for a stage dive or anything like banging your head on guitars! It's a record that we wanted to make so that the live sets would come together as this big thing that, once you left, your brain would be a bit fried." [6]

The album was supported by an Australian tour throughout September and October 2015 [6] and the USA in October and November 2015. [7]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Mikey Cahill from news.com.au gave the album 3 out of 5 called the album "fluttery" saying "this feels like the good album before a truly original, great album." [8]

Chelsea Deeley from Music Feeds said "Whether you perceive it as an intelligent array of well-placed, interesting sounds, or a bit of a Jackson Pollack canvas with a few effective flicks; The Jungle Giants can be commended on their motivation to create an experimental indie-rock based record that's definitely worth mulling over." [9]

Kim Taylor Bennett from Vice called the album a "louche, psych-toned pop collection" adding "There are some truly splendid moments on here, like the Bowie-meets-Pavement slice of lo-fi-pop 'What Do You Think'." [7]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Every Kind of Way"3:15
2."Devil's Play"4:33
3."Kooky Eyes"3:41
4."Lemon Myrtle"2:40
5."What Do You Think"3:55
6."Mexico"1:31
7."Creepy Cool"4:20
8."Not Bad"3:40
9."It Gets Better"4:13
10."Together We Can Work Together"3:35
11."Tambourine"5:51
12."Work It Out" (bonus track)3:31

Charts

Chart (2015)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [10] 25

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)LabelCatalogue
Australia [11] 7 August 2015Amplifire MusicAMP005/AMP006

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References

  1. ↑ "Every Kind of Way - single" . Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  2. ↑ "Kooky Eyes - single". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  3. ↑ "The Jungle Giants - Creepy Cool (OFFICIAL)". YouTube. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  4. ↑ "The Jungle Giants - Devil's Play (OFFICIAL)". YouTube. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  5. ↑ "INTERVIEW: THE JUNGLE GIANTS' SAM HALES ON NEW ALBUM SPEAKERZOID". V Music. 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  6. 1 2 "THE AU INTERVIEW: SAM HALES CHATS 'SPEAKERZOID' AND THE JUNGLE GIANTS' PREPARATION TO 'FUCKING UNLEASH' ON TOUR!". The AU Review. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  7. 1 2 "Listen to The Jungle Giants' Just Strange Enough New LP 'Speakerzoid'". Vice. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  8. 1 2 "Album Reviews: Nervo, Mac DeMarco, Requiem, The Jungle Giants and The Rubens". news.com.au. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
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