Popular Demain by Alarmist
Recorded in the Meadow studio at the edge of Ireland's Wicklow Mountains, Alarmist's debut LP 'Popular Demain' is an almost orchestral expanse of colour and meandering lines, tightly wrought around a rhythmic core of double drums and guitars.
A natural evolution from the sound established in their previous EPs, the album carries on the genre-defying fusion of influences that has gained the band a growing international following.
Primitive Korgs, Casios and tape-degraded voice samples find themselves densely packed with an organic mass of winds, percussion and prepared piano, forming a soundworld that somehow finds common ground for jazz-infused math-rock, warped experimental pop melodies and brutalist slabs of pulsing electronics.
Tracklist
| 1. | Petrichor | 3:14 |
| 2. | Safarisogood | 5:13 |
| 3. | Morning, Kepler | 4:50 |
| 4. | Boston Space | 7:06 |
| 5. | Lost Console | 1:23 |
| 6. | CGI Sky | 5:27 |
| 7. | Popular Demain | 4:02 |
| 8. | Cordillera | 8:04 |
Credits
Written and performed by Alarmist:
Neil Crowley
Elis Czerniak
Osgar Dukes
Barry O'Halpin
Recorded and Engineered by Rian Trench & Robert Scanlon at The Meadow Studios, Co. Wicklow, Ireland, 2014–2015.
Mixed by Alarmist.
Mastered by Josh Bonati. www.bonatimastering.com
Original Artwork by Eoin Stanley. www.eoinstanley.com
License
All rights reserved.
"Genres are harvested and
manipulated, and [they] take a quasi orchestral approach that allows their music to hover in its
own instrumental space, gravitationally pulled toward a rock aesthetic but constantly implying
other philosophies in a way that excites.” 12 Points Festival
"Alarmist’s music spins and pivots in motion and colour" Nialler9.com