We got the album in the mail a while ago but only got round to listening it this weekend. They released it on September 14th. Whats it like? Well its really good actually.
They recorded it in Canada with Producer David Newfeld (most famous for his work with Broken Social Scene having also worked with Super Furry Animals, Los Campesinos and We Are Augustines). The album is 11 tracks and is entitled Alright, Check It Out. so when they asked me to check it out, I was tempted to write back, Alright, I'll check it out... ( get it.. ).
The artwork is very retro (with serious kudos for their album cover featuring Mosney in the 1960s taken by John Hinde. MOSNEY!!!), so I liked it instantly. Opener 'Don't you ever give up on Yourself' is an indie pop ballad, but it was second track 'Death by Science' that sold it for me. Visually Its all very gold-tinted.. reaching out to a 60/70's era, but musically It has a fusion of rock and electro pop, burgeoning keyboards and loops with heavy rhythms driving each song around a delicate vocal. I mean if The Thrills did a lot of cocaine it'd probably sound like this. Its hectic, its pure indie-licious and its a decent album from a band who don't sound like they are from Ireland.
They are not doing what other Indie bands are doing, which is ultimately sounding like each other, as they don't sound like anyone else out there now...In fact they'll probably be likened to Two Door Cinema Club but I bet that tripe band wish they had produced an album half as good as this and then moaned about it leaking.
With front man and lead vocalist Conal McIntyre, they have managed to put together a significantly good commercially viable album. Will we see a lot of them? I hope so. The album suggest that it might be the making of them.
