Speak, Memory
Adirondack, OUT NOW via Clerestory AV
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Bio
Unrequited love is one of the most universal feelings we have here on Earth. In spite of how embarrassing or depressing it can be, there’s something beautiful about it being such a shared feeling. While methods for dealing with the aftermath can vary, Speak, Memory’s Timothy Miller dealt with his own experience of unrequited love the only way he knew how; by picking up a guitar and beginning to write some songs.
Much of his band’s first project in nearly 7 years, Adirondack, deals with this feeling, but not head on. Somewhere between the limitless worldbuilding of early Explosions in the Sky and the mathy noodling of American Football, Miller and his band take the listener on a journey that’s as spiritual as it is grounded in our reality.
The Oklahoma City three-piece, made up of the previously mentioned Timothy Miller on guitar (and vocals on “Lakes”), Cody Fowler on bass (who also plays bass for the Bella Union-signed Horse Thief), and Jonathan Thomas on drums, put together the EP throughout 2018-2019 while simultaneously building up their profile in the surprisingly deep OKC scene, playing shows with the likes of TTNG, PVRIS, awakebutstillinbed, Free Throw, The Appleseed Cast, Greet Death and more.
But one name tied deeply to Speak, Memory is that of Bartees Strange, whose roots were once planted in the OKC music scene as he served as an early member of Speak, Memory at the beginning of the decade. Now an accomplished solo artist and budding producer/engineer, Strange supplied his mixing skills to his former bandmates, with every guitar tone feeling sharp and melancholic and every percussion hit lending some serious heft to Adirondack’s songs.
Recorded live throughout three days in early December 2019 at Breathing Rhythm Studio in Norman, Oklahoma, Speak, Memory experimented with a myriad of amps, drums and instruments to achieve a big sound. Adirondack’s songs are both expansive and adventurous that take you throughout the mountain range it was named after, with opener “Trails” transporting you to a night with clear skies and bright stars before frisking you away into adventure as Fowler and Thomas play beautifully off Miller’s unique guitar work that conjures up memories of young love.
“Lakes”, at times, recalls one of the greatest and most satisfying feelings music is uniquely set to create: when you begin to hear a song fall apart before our ears when suddenly, you realize that was the plan all along as its moving parts shift together, forming a tighter bond than ever before as Miller pulls a trick out of his sleeve that his band has never deployed before: his voice. While it may be muffled in parts, the human memory is a tricky beast at times as past moments appear foggier than they did before, and especially in the realm of love and loss.
The EP then ends on colossal “Cabin”, its layers of sounds swelling and swelling throughout its 6+ minute timeframe, with its final emotionally wrought guitar tone bursting into a drone.
While being released now after a full year of lockdown, Adirondack’s songs were written before we entered our new normal, and already seemingly found peace with the isolation these times have forced upon us. In a world that looks to destroy us every day, Speak, Memory’s latest project is a calm victory, a breath of fresh air after barreling past impossible circumstances, with its three songs capturing the ambitiousness those words imply and so much more, conjuring hope amid uncertain times.
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Videos
Trails
from our new EP Adirondack
Absent Within Skies
From our debut ep Value to Survival
Live @ Tower Theatre, 2018
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Upcoming Shows
July 16, 2021
OKC, OK @ 89th Street
ADIRONDACK VINYL RELEASE SHOW
w/ Cicadia, Plain Speak, Giant Stride & Matt Moran
$8 ADV/$10 Door
7PM Doors/7:30PM Show
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PAST SHOWS
2021
May 16, 2021
OKC, OK @ SECRET SHOW
w/ Cicadia
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May 1, 2021
OKC, OK @ Factory Obscura
w/ Taylor Rapp
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2020
January 25, 2020
OKC, OK @ Blue Note
w/ Alumus, The Lost End & Elderly Smackdown
January 11, 2020
OKC, OK @ Speakeasy
w/ Sensible Shoes & The Branches
2019
December 11, 2019
OKC, OK @ ACM@UCO
w/ Local Man Ruins Everything & Blue Odyssey
November 29, 2019
OKC, OK @ 89th St (Prairie Artisan Ales Showcase)
w/ King Pink & Westering
November 16, 2019
OKC, OK @ Britton District Day
October 15, 2019
OKC, OK @ 89th St
w/ The Speed of Sound in Seawater, So Much Light & Catbamboo
October 11th, 2019
Norman, OK @ The Deli
w/ Via Luna, Plain Speak & Giant Stride
August 29, 2019
Norman, OK @ Resonator
w/ Proper., Alfred & S. Reidy
June 2, 2019
OKC, OK @ 89th St
w/ TTNG & Giraffe Massacre
April 27, 2019
Norman, OK @ Bison Witches (Norman Music Festival)
April 24, 2019
OKC, OK @ Festival of the Arts
April 6, 2019
Tulsa, OK @ Chimera
w/ Hikes, Jr. Clooney & Tallows
March 18, 2019
Norman, OK @ Resonator
w/ Greet Death
2018
November 7, 2018
OKC, OK @ 89th St
w/ Heart Attack Man & Neoromantics
August 25, 2018
Denton, TX @ Killer’s Tacos (Plus Fest)
w/ Hikes, halfsleep, Terra Collective, Chess Club, Islands of Pear, Mannequin Mishap, Parachute Day, Trying Science, Abelia, Doggo & more
August 23, 2018
Norman, OK @ Resonator
w/ Young Readers & origami ghosts
Note: Young Readers Vinyl Release!
August 11, 2018
Norman, OK @ Resonator
w/ Mess, Tom Boil & Giant Stride
July 21, 2018
Norman, OK @ The Deli
w/ Giant Stride & Foxburrows
July 19, 2018
OKC, OK @ Tower Theatre (Coop Ales Showcase)
w/ Sativa Prophets & Millie Mesh
June 23, 2018
OKC, OK @ Speakeasy
w/ Sativa Prophets, The Dirty Little Bettys & Bread & Butter Band
June 10, 2018
Norman, OK @ Opolis
w/ The Reptilian & Edhoculi
May 19, 2018
Norman, OK @ Mom & Dad’s Club
w/ awakebutstillinbed, Sylvania Ave. & Junfalls
May 12, 2018
OKC, OK @ Speakeasy (Raised By Wolf Gods Art Show)
w/ Tricknology Beats & Jordan Zabel
April 29, 2018
Norman, OK @ Red Brick Bar (Norman Music Festival)
April 28, 2018
OKC, OK @ Festival of the Arts
April 27, 2018
Norman, OK @ Main St Event Center (Norman Music Festival)
April 7, 2018
OKC, OK @ 89th St
w/ Strawberry Girls & Giraffe Massacre
2017
July 19, 2017
Tulsa, OK @ PH Community House
w/ football, etc. & Junfalls
Note: Cody’s first show!
June 14, 2017
OKC, OK @ 89th St
w/ Unwed Sailor & Astral Planes
May 13, 2017
OKC, OK @ The Arrow
w/ Rousey, Side Effects, Giraffe Massacre, Rachel Lynch, S. Reidy, Weak Boyz, Mike Black, Giant Stride & Jarvix
April 29, 2017
Norman, OK @ Earth Rebirth (Norman Music Festival)
April 27, 2017
OKC, OK @ Festival of the Arts (Daytime)
Norman, OK @ Main St Event Center (Norman Music Festival, Nighttime)
April 20, 2017
Stillwater, OK @ OSU (Bennett Jam)
April 18, 2017
Norman, OK @ District
w/ You Never Were, Seasonal & Giraffe Massacre
2016
December 16, 2016
OKC, OK @ Blue Note
w/ Traindodge & Found Footage
NOTE: Traindodge Record Release Show!
September 25, 2016
OKC, OK @ Blue Note
w/ Hollow Ran & Plastic Smile
June 5, 2016
Norman, OK @ Pastafarian Church
w/ I Was Afraid, Valleys, No Render & Megan Wiggins
May 23, 2016
OKC, OK @ Power House
w/ You Never Were, Lifelink & Wallclouds
April 23, 2016
Norman, OK @ Pastafarian Church (Norman Music Festival)
April 22, 2016
Norman, OK @ Bison Witches (Norman Music Festival)
April 20, 2016
OKC, OK @ Festival of the Arts
2015
August 1, 2015
OKC, OK @ Industrial Skate Park
w/ Mourning, Lesser Men, Null, Bloodhound, Frontage & Mammoth
July 30, 2015
OKC, OK @ Speakeasy
w/ Chateau & Oklahoma Cloud Factory
July 24, 2015
OKC, OK @ Speakeasy
w/ Shy, Low & Forum
July 21, 2015
Norman, OK @ Dope Chapel
w/ Perennial Reel & Headbutt
July 10, 2015
Norman, OK @ Dreamer Concepts (Norman Art Walk)
w/ Brother Rabbit & The Lonelys
June 12, 2015
Norman, OK @ STASH (Norman Art Walk)
June 10, 2015
OKC, OK @ Industrial Skate Park
w/ Pierre, Wanderer & Neoromantics
June 6, 2015
OKC, OK @ Ten Penn
w/ Staghorn & Ecchi
May 21, 2015
OKC, OK @ The Conservatory
w/ Comrades, Valleys & Vacant Mind
May 11, 2015
OKC, OK @ The Conservatory
w/ A Lot Like Birds, I The Mighty, Ultra City & Naturalist
April 25, 2015
Norman, OK @ Dope Chapel (Norman Music Festival)
April 24, 2015
Norman, OK @ In front of Guestroom Records (Norman Music Festival)
April 15, 2015
Norman, OK @ The Deli
w/ Plain Speak & Matt Moran
April 14, 2015
OKC, OK @ The Shop
w/ Dahling & Teen/Ragers
April 11, 2015
OKC, OK @ Empire Pizza
w/ The So Help Me's
April 2, 2015
OKC, OK @ The Root
w/ Mothercoat & Earth Made Of Glass
March 29, 2015
Norman, OK @ Dope Chapel
w/ Ylla, Stifle, Headbutt & Community Pools
March 16, 2015
OKC, OK @ Richard's Club
w/ Motion Theatre, Wither & Himalayas
March 13, 2015
OKC, OK @ The Music Room
w/ Drmcthr, Uh-Huh Baby Yeah!, Lion In The Mane, Paperscissor & Forum
January 20, 2015
OKC, OK @ The Conservatory
w/ The Appleseed Cast, Forum & Himalayas
January 3, 2015
Norman, OK @ Dope Chapel
w/ halfsleep, Biscuit Head, Himalayas, Earth Made Of Glass & Sardashhh
2014
November 8, 2014
Shawnee, OK @ THE V.F.W. 1317
w/ King Cold, The Orchid, Party Boy!, Ansem, Matt Moran & Bill Nocturnal
October 24, 2014
Norman, OK @ Industrial Skatepark
w/ Octonana Trio, 100 Onces & Headbutt
October 23, 2014
Norman, OK @ The Deli
w/ Foxburrows & The Hitt Boyz
September 27, 2014
Depew, OK @ Bright Lights Music Festival
w/ Shiny Toy Guns
September 25, 2014
OKC, OK @ Speakeasy
w/ Foxburrows & The Hitt Boyz
September 16, 2014
Norman, OK @ Dope Chapel (Nice Tuesdays)
w/ Similarity & The Lion of Tallasi
August 14, 2014
Norman, OK @ Dope Chapel
w/ Comrades, Swan Of Tuonela, Household, Pierre & Pancake Buddy
August 1, 2014
Norman, OK @ Dope Chapel
w/ Cerulean Giallo & Bearatroopers
June 30, 2014
OKC, OK @ VZD Restaurant & Club
w/ Save Us From The Archon, Vangough & Void Opus
June 7, 2014
OKC, OK @ Blue Note
w/ Akiba & Headbutt
May 20, 2014
Norman, OK @ House (Nice Tuesdays)
w/ Eric Massey & Prairie Rat
April 30, 2014
Norman, OK @ Industrial Skatepark
w/ Lonely Horse, Lakeside Manor & Fictional Maladies
April 26, 2014
Norman, OK @ Generator Set (Norman Music Festival)
April 24, 2014
Norman, OK @ Red Brick Bar (Norman Music Festival)
April 4, 2014
OKC, OK @ Artisan Studio
w/ Siloh, Fictional Maladies, Semblance & Anatma
March 26, 2014
Norman, OK @ Industrial Skatepark
w/ CityCop, Free Throw & Alice Awaits
February 8, 2014
OKC, OK @ Hilo Club
w/ My Education & Brother Gruesome
2013
December 29, 2013
OKC, OK @ Twisted Root Gallery
w/ Azukiwashers, Giraffe Massacre, The Hitt Boyz & Headbutt
December 13, 2013
Norman, OK @ Industrial Skatepark
w/ Comrades, Can’t, Cute Buddies, Dare We Say, Pioneers? & Creepozoids
November 30, 2013
Edmond, OK @ Pete's House
w/ Frameworks & Citadel
November 14, 2013
OKC, OK @ Blue Note
w/ Traindodge & Self-Evident
October 24, 2013
OKC, OK @ The Conservatory
w/ PVRIS, Matt Moran & Chateau
September 29, 2013
Tulsa, OK @ The Soundpony
w/ Giraffe Massacre & Sleep Like Trees
August 9, 2013
Tulsa, OK @ Osage Event Center
NOTE: This was for a commercial shoot
July 7, 2013
OKC, OK @ Bad Granny's Bazaar
w/ football, etc., Acidic Tree, Cedres & Power Pyramid
April 25, 2013
Norman, OK @ Tres Cantina & Grille (Norman Music Festival)
2012
April 28, 2012
Norman, OK @ Red Brick Bar (Norman Music Festival)
March 11, 2012
OKC, OK @ The Conservatory
w/ Lovedrug, Take To The Oars, theguiltracket & O Fidelis
February 25, 2012
OKC, OK @ Bad Granny's Bazaar
w/ Perfect Skin, All We Are, Monotropa Uniflora, Cedres, Dave & Kiltro
February 1, 2012
OKC, OK @ The Conservatory
w/ A Lull & Deleted Scenes
January 4, 2012
OKC, OK @ Bad Granny's Bazaar
w/ Arc and Panther (ex-Capsule, ex-Devices), Partners & They Stay Dead
2011
November 12, 2011
Norman, OK @ The Red Room
w/ Taylor Thrash, Bartees Strange, Regg, The Jerry Ghouls, Barry Hachet & Purple Mouth Bandits
NOTE: Our first show!
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7 Feb 2021
First blog post on our first website with our first .com. Who would've thought? Anyways, more news to follow! Promise!
-Tim
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