Record review

The Ticket

12 Aug 2005

Future come and get me

This Leinster three-piece have been ferretting away unnoticed by the world for the best part of 18 years, writing songs that burrow deep beneath the radar of mainstream pop. Cormac Parle, John Hearne and Stephen Whelan explore the dark, surreal side of the Irish psyche in much the same way as Myles na gGopaleen and early Microdisney did before them. These dozen daft and deranged tracks have been cherry-picked from their sort-of career to date: 59 Dame St sounds like a crackhead culchie ranting over a Neil Young style riff, The Saltee Tango threatens to bring psychedelic sea shanties back into vogue, and Acunamanacana is a whacked-out nonsense tune that echoes Edward Lear and Lewis Carroll. Recorded in the relatively plush Westland Studios, these songs will make you jump up and down thoughtfully like the village idiot savant.

[Stoat review-of-review: Not a bad oul review, though it's a shame Kevin Courtney just can't seem to get over the "weird" thing ... also, I wonder did he only listen as far as track 5? 6 out of 10]