Music

!!! to play the Róisín Dubh

Doesn't it seem like everyone's freaking out lately? !!! know the feeling well.

The NYC dance-punk lifers have been chronicling the perpetual meltdown that is American society for nearly 20 years now, from the clattering full-band thrust of their instantly iconic 2003 single 'Me and Giuliani Down by the Schoolyard (A True Story)' to the dark disco of 2017's wonderfully eclectic 'Shake the Shudder'.

Their eighth full-length, Wallop, follows in the band's grand tradition of plugging straight into our collective nervous system and sending funky, rubbery, shock waves through the body politic. If you've found yourself rubbing your temples while contemplating the collapse of everything around us? Well, !!! are bringing the soundtrack to your next nervous breakdown….

Wallop, the band’s eighth LP, is another stellar addition to the wildly impressive catalogue they have built over the course of two decades together and stands as a testament to their hardworking approach and ceaseless desire to push things further.

Recorded over the past year in lead singer Nic Offer’s Brooklyn apartment, the band picks up where 2017’s 'Shake The Shudder' left off, further exploring the fringes of dance music with a focused edge, a care-free spirit, and their signature knack for big hooks, leading to new creative highs in a career filled with them. "Our process was to get loose and get into uncharted territory,” says Offer.

Wallop sees friends from across the spectrum appearing on a number of tracks, including Liars' frontman Angus Andrew, Maria Uzor of British dance aesthetes Sink Ya Teeth, and Glasser's synth-pop wizard Cameron Mesirow, who all join Offer and !!! co-vocalist Meah Pace on this barn-burning party of a record.

"We're not the kind of band that sits down and says, 'Let's make a record now,'" producer and multi-instrumentalist Rafael Cohen continues. "We just keep going, which is good because it leads to less of a narrative for each album." With an array of producers lending a hand—including Cole MGN (Beck, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Julia Holter), Graham Walsh (Holy Fuck), and longtime collaborator Patrick Ford—Wallop was eventually stitched together to reflect the colourful, body-moving tapestry that its end result represents.

!!! will be playing the Róisín Dubh on Friday, November 22, at 9pm.

€22.50 (€20 members).

Tickets are available from OMG@Zhivago, Shop Street; and the Róisín Dubh.

Further event information:
www.roisindubh.net/gig-details.html?listingID=9977

Venue:
Róisín Dubh
Phone:
(091) 586 540
Dates:
22 Nov 2019
Time:
21:00:00