Speakerzoid

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.

Speakerzoid
Studio album by The Jungle Giants
Released	7 August 2015 (2015-08-07)
Genre	Indie rock
Length	41:14
Label	Amplifire Music
The Jungle Giants chronology
Learn to Exist (2013) Speakerzoid (2015) Quiet Ferocity (2017)
Singles from Speakerzoid
"Every Kind of Way" Released: 10 April 2015[1] "Kooky Eyes" Released: 19 June 2015[2] "Creepy Cool" Released: March 2016[3] "Devil's Play" Released: June 2016[4]

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
Source	Rating
news.com.au	[8]

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.	Title	Length
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

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label	Catalogue
Australia[11]	7 August 2015	CD digital download vinyl	Amplifire Music	AMP005/AMP006

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. "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. "Listen to The Jungle Giants' Just Strange Enough New LP 'Speakerzoid'". Vice. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
8. "Album Reviews: Nervo, Mac DeMarco, Requiem, The Jungle Giants and The Rubens". news.com.au. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
9. "The Jungle Giants Speakerzoid". Music Feeds. August 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
10. "Australiancharts.com – The Jungle Giants – Speakerzoid". Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
11. "Speakerzoid by The Jungle Giants". iTunes Store. Retrieved 3 July 2019.