“IN A time of crippling uncertainty, an absolute tonic.” This is how MOJO has described Brighton post-punk rockers Squid, who play Galway as part of their Irish tour next year.
The band, one of the most acclaimed and highly touted to emerge in recent years, will play the Róisín Dubh on Thursday January 22 at 8pm, performing songs from their debut album, Bright Green Field.
Bright Green Field was released via Warp Records in May, and the public and critics were unanimous in their verdict. It shot straight to No 1 in the UK album charts, while The Line of Best Fit called it “a debut of the ages”; The Quietus declared it, “one of the finest debut albums of this century”; while NME praised it as “a dazzling debut of wild experimentation”.
The band - Ollie Judge (lead vocals, drums ), Louis Borlase (guitar, bass, vocals ), Arthur Leadbetter (keyboards, strings, percussion ), Laurie Nankivell (bass, brass, percussion ), and Anton Pearson (guitar, bass, vocals, percussion ) - cite Krautrockers NEU! and 1970s English experimental rockers This Heat as inspirations.
Speaking about Bright Green Field, Ollie Judge said that the record "illustrates the places, events, and architecture that exist within [the album]. Previous releases were playful and concerned with characters, whereas this album is darker and more concerned with the place — the emotional depth of the music has deepened."
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