Sinead O’Brien - "Taking On Time" from the 2019 album Speedy Wunderground - Year 4 on Speedy Wunderground.

Esteemed London-based label Speedy Wunderground celebrated their 30th release with a new track by Irish poet Sinead O’Brien. O’Brien's work has been published for years, including a short story of hers printed in the London Review Of Books. Punk poet John Cooper Clarke invited her to open for him on a spoken word tour, a moment that changed her life. "He actually introduced me to the music of Mark E. Smith – probably one of my most valuable references ever," she recalled in an interview with Loud & Quiet.

Like The Fall frontman, O’Brien recites her lines with a stoic cadence, an oratorical delivery, though hers is thick with an Irish brogue. 

“I would love people to dance to it,” she continued. “It’s the pace. I always try to do things faster than anyone will let me, then it gets pulled back just a tinge. Runaway, that’s my feeling. Always.”

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Sinead O&rsquo;Brien - "Taking On Time" from the 2019 album Speedy Wunderground - Year 4 on Speedy Wunderground.
Esteemed London-based label Speedy Wunderground celebrated their 30th release with a new track by Irish poet Sinead O&rsquo;Brien. O&rsquo;Brien's work has been published for years, including a short story of hers printed in the London Review Of Books. Punk poet John Cooper Clarke invited her to open for him on a spoken word tour, a moment that changed her life. "He actually introduced me to the music of Mark E. Smith &ndash; probably one of my most valuable references ever," she recalled in an interview with Loud &amp; Quiet.
Like The Fall frontman, O&rsquo;Brien recites her lines with a stoic cadence, an oratorical delivery, though hers is thick with an Irish brogue.&nbsp;
&ldquo;I would love people to dance to it,&rdquo; she continued. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s the pace. I always try to do things faster than anyone will let me, then it gets pulled back just a tinge. Runaway, that&rsquo;s my feeling. Always.&rdquo;
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