Channel One.

It's been over a year since we first came by Ireland's finest electronica/shoegaze (electronigaze?!) collective, and it's with idyllic hope that we predict their ascent this year. Their latest EP is at once ethereal yet dense; accessable but powerful. They combine rich soundscapes with occassional techno arrangements and deep, dark vocals (which bare more than a passing resemblance to a 1980s-era David Byrne) to produce a collection more subltley varied than that of their Kildare counterparts, Super Extra Bonus Party. Whether they can produce as engaging an LP remains to be seen but, going by their material to date, it seems almost certain that we'll see them hopping about in various end-of-year polls.

Their live show is an absolute belter too, as anyone lucky enough to catch their Lunch O'Clock performance at Electric Picnic will attest.

They play Olympia with Hard Fi tonight, Whelans with Holy Fuck tomorrow, and Tripod with Trentemoller on Sunday.

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