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October 12, 2022

MELTS

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Main Room
When
Oct 12, 2022 @ 8:00pm
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Singular Artists proudly presents

MELTS


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AUTRE MONDE + A LETHAL BLACK OOZE

Wed 12th Oct 2022

Whelan’s Main Venue




 

Share new single ‘Spectral’ taken from their debut album Maelstorm via Mother Sky, due for release 17 June 2022

https://open.spotify.com/track/6B6A20LaQ97ZwlRupwW7kp?si=c3bdc13a7d8f4549

Dublin five-piece MELTS are gearing up to release their debut album Maelstrom next month and today share a brand new track “Spectral”. They announce a headline National Tour which includes Dublin, Belfast, Limerick, and Galway. Tickets will be available this Friday at 10am from www.singularartists.ie

The bands new track ‘Spectral’  is dedicated to the loss of a friend to suicide and it’s one of the album’s most tender moments that unfurls slowly with Kenny’s rich and resonant vocal delivery. 

Listen HERE.

The album, produced by Daniel Fox of Gilla Band (FKA Girl Band), will be released on Mother Sky on Friday 17th June.

Repetition is definitely the key to Melts,” says Gaz Earle. “It’s about just keeping it simple and driving and fucking stomping.” Earle (drums) makes up the Dublin five-piece along with Robbie Brady (organ/synth), Colm Giles (bass), Kenny (vocals) and Hugh O’Reilly (guitar). This idea of keeping it simple has been woven into the fabric of the band since day one. Different line-ups were tried and experimented with and after an immediate connection at a rehearsal, Kenny was quickly in as singer. The inclusion of Kenny who, like all the other members have been in various other bands, unlocked something new and distinct in the group. Then once Brady joined on keys, an even more evolved tone to the band began to take shape.

What became clear was the band quickly outgrew their initial intentions of being a garage rock outfit. The raw, simplistic, primal nature of that approach remained intact but soon they expanded into immersive pulsing grooves. “We wanted to keep the rhythms just really straight and hypnotic,” says Earle. “The aim of the game was to try and get people into a trance when they are watching the gig. With bringing Robbie on board, as he’s doing loads of stuff with sequencers and deadly synth bits, there grew a psychedelic hypnotic vibe to Melts.” A friend described the band as like a space rock version of The Doors, which they didn’t balk at. 

Lyrically the album weaves between big picture state-of-the-world stuff to the more introspective and personal. As a whole, Kenny says, “the theme of the record is kind of based on coming to grips with the world around us.” The end result is an album that gracefully yet potently merges psych rock with touches of post-rock-esque soundscapes, pulsing krautrock, all of which is driven by demented organ wig outs, engulfing waves of heavily textured guitar and a crisp rhythm section. While they land on a sound that is distinctly their own, their debut occupies something of a middle ground between Spacemen 3 and Primary Colours-era The Horrors. Or, as the band say themselves, something that sounds “driving and fucking stomping.” 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38M97AakCiE

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TICKETS


€17.50 available online from Whelan’s.

– 50c per ticket service charge applies on all bookings. Final ticket price may be higher from other outlets.

Strictly over 18′s, I.D. may be required.





AFTER THE GIG


Whelan’s Silent Disco from 10:30pm – 2 DJs, just pick the one you like best (€5 cover charge), plus Late Bar.
Where
Main Room
When
Oct 12, 2022 @ 8:00pm
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