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Transparent Green Vinyl

2026 coloured vinyl repress of Manchester-based poet, writer and
producer Antony Szmierek’s debut album, ‘Service Station At The
End Of The Universe’, pressed onto Transparent Green vinyl.
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 Hitchhiker’s
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 Haçienda, or like Jarvis Cocker for the UK Garage generation.
Yet, with the release of his 2023 indie-influenced EP ‘Poems To
Dance To’ and his banger-filled, dancefloor-focused debut album,
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 Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Fallacy’, it also
showcases a new side to Szmierek’s writing, producing moments of
downbeat, dark poignance.
The album produces a cohesive and infectious journey through pop
melodic hooks and thumping dancefloor orchestrations.

Tracklisting:

Service Station at the End
of the Universe
Rafters
The Great Pyramid of
Stockport
Big Light
Yoga Teacher
Crumb
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to
the Fallacy
passingthru
Take Me There
Restless Leg Syndrome
Crashing Up
Angie’s Wedding