Speakface - That’s My Luck

Cardiff’s Speakface have released their first single of the year, ‘That’s My Luck’. Recorded at Rat Trap Studio in Cardiff, it was produced by Tom Rees.

Much like The Strokes' first two albums, Speakface accelerates out of the blocks but hits cruise control soon after. The mid-tempo allows their brand of hazy grunge to grip you in it’s intoxication.

On previous records, Frontman Jarvis Morgan slides from a Julian Casablancas–style drawl into a guttural snarl straight out of ‘In Utero’ era Cobain. His descent from cool and calm to rabid and unhinged lays the perfect platform for lead guitarist Hayden Lewis. His deranged guitars in the closing stages and a layer of warped majesty to proceedings.

‘That’s My Luck’ captures the brilliance and depravity of Portman’s performance in Black Swan. The realisation that grace and genius are one thing, but untameable hellish rock n roll is another oozes from this single.