Formed by the three brothers Barrett sometime in the late 90’s, the band crossed the path of Reverb Records shortly thereafter and quickly became the second ever signing to the label. Reverb released their debut album from entitled 'Eskimo Beach Boy' in 2001. US College radio immediately took to it and amazing reviews began pouring in. Several limited edition singles were released from the album including:
 
‘Ballad of Greedy Man’ was released as their first single/mini-EP and features an amazing mix of ‘Sidewalk Monkey Typhoid’ as well as the surreal ‘Eggplants Love In.’ It also features ‘C’Mon,’ the beautiful solo debut by singer Dermot Barrett. The surreal video for the single features none other than Reverb’s head-honcho who “drives the bus.”
 
‘Death to Disco’ featured the “World’s 1st 360° Interactive Music Video.” It’s an amazing video for the song ‘Hang On Starlight’ that allows the viewer to see everything going on at once in the surreal environs of the video shoot at ‘Crane Lane’.
 
‘January’ was released to a warm reception at radio in both Ireland and in the US. The single features an outtake from the original “Lost Version” of the album ‘Eskimo Beach Boy’ called ‘Johnny Mexicano.’ It also features the live favorite ‘Travellin’ America’.

Unfortunately Tenspeedracer broke up shortly after releasing its follow-up album on their publishers label Red Flag Recordings.  Their follow-up to 'Eskimo Beach Boy' was simply titled "10SR" and while it got great reviews in both Ireland and the UK and legendary radio stations Radio 1, Virgin Radio and XFM all got behind the release, it just wasn’t enough to hold the band together. 

Fortunately the band has spawned several amazing solo outings, namely from John Barrett, Pat Barrett, Dermot Barret and Joe Chester. The band live on in their recordings, however. “Eskimo Beach Boy” is indeed an amazing record.

10SR 2004 Red Flag Records	JANUARY 2001 Reverb Records	REVERB COMPILATION Various Artists 2001 Reverb Records	DEATH TO DISCO 2000 Reverb Records
ESKIMO BEACH BOY 2000 Reverb Records	BALLAD OF GREEDY MAN 2000 Reverb Records

REVIEWS

THE GUARDIAN
"A fantastic foursquare rock quintet who share musical common ground with Spiritualized and Queens of the Stone
Age."
 
LOGO
"Mind-blowing."
 
VIRTUALLY ALTERNATIVE
"A vivacious mix of sonically charged guitars, ethereal melodies and intelligent vocals."

HOT PRESS
"A finely crafted album."

SUNDAY INDEPENDANT
"Tenspeedracer will be around for a long, long time."

LOCAL.I.E.
"From the band that seems to have sprung from nowhere comes what should be one of the albums of the year -The songs bring you back to a time when music seemed more pure."

UNIVERSITY RECORD
"Reminiscent of another late and great Dublin band, Rollerskate Skinny."