Intense Records

Service Station At The End of The World (Transparent Green Vinyl)

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Manchester-based poet, writer and producer Antony Szmierek releases his debut album, Service Station At The End Of The Universe. The past few years have been a wild ride for the artist. Cutting his teeth on the Manchester spoken word scene and gaining notoriety for his seamless flow skewering everything from the hardships of contemporary British life to finding the unexpected beauty in the everyday, it was the 2023 release of his single The Hitchhikers Guide To The Fallacy that kicked off his meteoric ascent. The earworming track soon found its way onto the BBC 6 Music airwaves and led Szmierek to be named an Artist of the Year 2023 by the station. There followed appearances on Later with Jools Holland, a BBC Radio 1 Maida Vale session, multiple triumphant Glastonbury sets and a flurry of comparisons: to the pavement prose of The Streets, the poetry of John Cooper Clarke if he found himself at the Haienda, or like Jarvis Cocker for the UK Garage generation. Yet, with the release of his 2023 indie-influenced EP Poems To Dance To and now his banger-filled, dancefloor-focused debut album, Service Station at the End of the Universe, Szmierek cements his sound as one that is distinctly his own. While the album provides a culmination of the deep dancefloor poetry that began with The Hitchhikers Guide to the Fallacy, it also showcases a new side to Szmiereks writing, producing moments of downbeat, dark poignance. The album produces a cohesive and infectious journey through pop melodic hooks and thumping dancefloor orchestrations.

TRACKLIST

Vinyl
SIDE A
A1. Service Station at the End of the Universe
A2. Rafters
A3. The Great Pyramid of Stockport
A4. Big Light
A5. Yoga Teacher
A6. Crumb

SIDE B
B1. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Fallacy
B2. passingthru
B3. Take Me There
B4. Restless Leg Syndrome
B5. Crashing Up
B6. Angie's Weddin