'an album which has aptly been championed as 'a gem from start to finish'. 9/10”
Frequency Ireland Blog.
‘From the album's opener, "Lions Led By Donkey's" to the closing track "I Live With Bruce Banner", where the vocalist even shouts "This is the end!" the band moves through it's motions effortlessly. Each song flows so nicely into the next, and there is no filler on here, each one of the 11 songs are just as good as the next’
Siczine.com
‘This is a fine album, a hopeful album….a cut above the average….if you like your tuneful post-hardcore and bands like Whipping Boy and Hot Snakes and Trail Of The Dead, if you like clever anthemic rock with a little twist and turn and a little bit of details that makes them stand out from the crowd, if you like delivered with a caustic edge, then this is for you... rather good, like it lots’
Organ Magazine
Best new Cork Act 2005 - Cork Independent Readers Poll.
"At their best, they effortlessly blend noise and melody..." - Evening Echo.
"Think Idlewild's early angular sound coupled with Fugazi's prickly dynamics...a band who have found their sound..." - Cork Independent.
"A band capable of threading enough melodic riffs through their agressive hard rock to make it more than accessible..." - Hotpress.
The Jazz Funeral Festival. Fred Zeppelins, October 2004. Cork. The band nervously took to the stage, weighed down by excess baggage, a tremendous sense of not belonging, and a chip on their shoulder. This gig was a do-or-die situation, a last ditch effort to prove themselves to their local scene. Amid mocking cries of " Do you know any Nirvana?", they struck the opening chords, heads down, whites of eyes glaring at the crowd...
And so began the evolution of the band's sound and attitude, fuelled by a desire to break free from a past which had plagued them. This desire was vented mainly through the scalding bark of Dan's vocals, laced with caustic lyrics of rejection, heartbreak and uplifting revenge. A new approach emphasised by angular, melody driven riffs, and intense self-liberating live performances.
Having gigged extensively, highlights would have to include playing the " Rubberfreshtival" rock festival in Austria in July 2005, headlining the JD Profile gig in Cork, touring in Ireland as well as being semi-finalists at this years Murphy's Live event. The band have also been asked to appear again at the " Rubberfreshtival'' this July with a higher slot on the bill, as well as securing slots at this years IMRO showcase in Cork (2006) and The Hard Working Class Heroes festival in Dublin (2006).
The band have released two EP's to date, " Words to burn you" in April 2005, produced by Robbie Sexton of Blink and the currently released " The worm has turned", produced by Ciaran O' Shea of Cyclefly.
...the band that night became Hope is Noise, made friends and fans, returning the following year to headline the first night of the festival. Demons exorcised? Not yet.
Our release is available via many European distro's like Old Skool Kids, Super-Fi Records and more...as well as direct from:.
Our release is also available to buy in the USA via:
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Hope is Noise - NEW SONG UP's Friend Space (Top 18)
Salut!
Notre nouvel album "Seuls Les Loups Sont Bons" est enfin disponible !
(Digipack 13 titres punk rock et livret 16 pages illustré par 14 dessinateurs de la scène alternative (ou pas..)
N'hésitez pas à vous le procurer via nos amis/labels indépendant : Distant District, Konstroy, Karameikos, Zone Onze Records, Général Strike, La Fondation Pasteur Guy, Rock'n Troll, Gabba Disques; ainsi que dans quelques autres distros et disquaires tel que Born Bad, Mass Prod, Troma Social, Crash Disques, Guerilla Asso, etc...
Ou directement en nous écrivant à : stygmate@propagande.org
N'hesitez pas à en parler autour de vous
à tout bientôt sur terre ou dans la galaxie
Stygmate
Hi, how’s it going? I've been working hard on a new
website & video blog for the past few months & my new website
is now online at.. I also video'd this guitar instrumental to celebrate the Equinox..
I hope you enjoy the video & that you get a chance to visit my new
website. I also hope you are keeping well & life is good.. Denis
:)
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