New Tune Disco - 26th January - Chris Jones
Across The Line
Rigsy caught up with Chris Jones to talk about some of their favourite new releases.
Jape – The Heart’s Desire
Rigsy: “All our contributors have at some point featured Jape in the last few weeks...I guess that’s just testament that we’re all very excited about the release of the new record.”
Chris: “The new album ‘This Chemical Sea’ is out this week. He’s a bit of an institution especially down South...the last two albums have both won the Choice Music Prize…he’s one of the leading lights of independent music in Ireland and rightly so.”
Ken & Ryu – Made Up
Chris: “It’s actually one person… it’s a guy called James McConville who some people might know as the drummer of Documenta…This track is from an EP called ‘Fantasy Ink’ which came out on Belfast label Rudimentary.”
Don’t Shoot! – Panic
Rigsy: “To me it sounds like the finished product, which is interesting given that they’re such a new and indeed very young band.”
Darling – It’s Just One Look
Rigsy: “It’s a little poppier compared to expectations, going on previous form, but I like it a lot - Definitely hotly tipped.”
Chris: “I was listening to that and thinking it would slot straight into a commercial music playlist. It does sound like it’s designed to be lapped up by many people…I can see it doing well.”
Aoife Underwater – Loosen My Grip
Chris: “I really like this…It kind of reminds me of School of Seven Bells. It’s got the similar synths and the rumbling bass and the Hip Hop drive rhythm to it as well.”
Winterlude – Walking Backwards
Chris: “I think it’s just an outlet for a different side of his song-writing...it’s very stripped back.”
Rigsy: “It must be wonderful to be so talented that you need all these synonyms for different aspects of your talents…this is great.”
Death By Monkeys – Beggars Belief
Rigsy: “This is a nice minimal approach - subtle production almost but still very epic indeed, very impressive… a band we will watch very closely.”
Chris: “They’re not doing what might be expected of them, which is to be applauded.”
