Over the last couple of years Tired Irie have dabbled in dark
indie pop (Editors/Interpol style) and latterly something approaching
post rock. Their latest EP on the quality vinyl platform Try Harder
is a revelation. Stirring in everything they know, whilst dreaming
of things they wish they knew, their self-titled four tracker
drips in catchy guitar hooks and a disco / electronic driven burble
located comfortably beneath the constant exchange of riffs and
the superbly interlocked sequencing and effects. Skipteque
is like a 21st century version of ACR, as warm but almost robotic
melodies and chants skew against the hypnotic two note signature
of a guitar flailing off a four for the floor beat. This is the
first band at least recently , if not ever to successfully combine
serious electro funk disco with an eerily contagious indie rock
sensibility. Mindblowing material from the Leicester quartet.
Manuel Ecostos
manchestermusic.co.uk
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