Elastic Sleep
Elastic Sleep are a brand new band from Cork. They describe themselves as ‘dream pop’ which we feel is quite fitting. Reminiscent of early My Bloody Valentine their ambient tones reflect a sound that seems to be quite a prominent feature in Cork. Bands like Saint Yorda and The Altered Hours also making a name for themselves with their catchy and alluring riffs. Elastic Sleep feature members of Une Pipe and The Great Balloon two bands also worth checking out. This is their debut single Anywhere, which they will launch at the Pavilion Cork on the 11th of July. They’ve generously made their debut single “Anywhere” available for free download via their bandcamp:
http://elasticsleep.bandcamp.com/
Dead School
Back to Cork, and Dead School are more akin to something you’d maybe expect to hear from the 70s post punk scene Manchester. This is a trio who made a bit of a name for themselves across the UK and Ireland before taking a bit of a break last year. They played over 200 shows and are currently working on some new material, which we can hopefully expect to hear soon. These guys seem to be slow burners and often it’s the slow burners that emerge and surprise us all. Dead School have a really intriguing sound and this is one of their latest tracks Incisions which speaks volumes of the potential they have. In the meantime find out more about them via their soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/dead-school/incisions-single
The Speed of Snakes
We’re quite excited about this; The Speed of Snakes is the brainchild of Vinny Mc Creith (The Vinny Club/bassist Adebisi Shank) and Rupert Morris (front man BATS). This is a project you would hear about through the grapevine over the years but it would rarely raise its head. BATS have recently released a new album ‘The Sleep of Reason’ and we’ve heard Adebisi Shank are in the throes of releasing a third album. We can assume it will be called ‘This is the Third Album of a Band Called Adebisi Shank’ and it will no doubt raise the bar for Irish music like their previous releases have. Somehow in the midst of all that Vinny and Rupert found the time to put together Arroway a pretty darn catchy single. As Vinny famously wears a mask in Adebisi Shank and never goes unmasked, even for interviews it poses the question of what the live set up will be like for The Speed of Snakes? Can we expect a Daft Punk type live experience? It’s intriguing to say the least. Check out the ridiculously catchy Arroway and find out more via their facebook https://www.facebook.com/SPEEDOFSNAKES
