The career of Mullingar five-piece The Blizzards has unfolded with such intense speed that you’d swear you were experiencing their evolution via some advanced time-lapse technology. The past two years have seen the smart pop-rockers release two top ten smashes (‘Trouble’& ‘Miss Fantasia Preaches’) which recieved huge radio airplay.
Now comes the debut album- gathering all these, and undoubtedly a few future classics, together in one place. A hot-blooded and relentlessly smart album,
‘A Public Display of Affection’ bristles with a buoyant fresh pop sensibility.
Produced by legendary US producer Michael Beinhorn (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Korn, Soundgarden to name a few) ‘A Public Display of Affection’ is released by Universal on October 27th and is preceded by the single ‘War of Words’ on October 13th.
Beinhorn’s infamous beefy production perfectly captures the bands long-established live reputation, matching their lust for life with a bright, loud and cheerful sound.
Tracks such as ‘Freaky’, ‘Superdrug’ & the flirtatious ‘Fantasy’ may radiate the bands playful edge, but on hand also is a more introspective side, especially so with the calm single-in-waiting ‘On the right track’ , the exquisite ‘War of words’and the emotional,humorous yet touching ‘Why do you fancy Scumbags’
The Blizzards were formed by Niall Breslin and a bunch of school friends- Dec Murphy, Anthony Doran and Aidan Lynch back in late 2004. With the arrival of the 2-tone, ska-loving Justin Ryan, the band stepped up a gear.
Exemplifying the ‘hardest working band in show business’ model, the band toured the country, almost non-stop. Their growing fan base no doubt helping their debut single, the self-released ‘First Girl to Leave Town’, to land in at number 11 the Irish charts.
Heads in the music industry turned towards Mullingar and saw the band sign to Universal Music Ireland Their speculation quickly paid off with the top 10 success ‘Trouble’.
Not one to rest on their laurels, the band continued to tour and record on the hoof. Over the course of a year they went from New Band Stage to NME kingpins at Oxegen. Endless touring has seen them build a formidable buzz, which looks certain to grow with the release of ‘A Public Display of Affection’.
You are all invited to the opening of this exhibition at the Bold Art Gallery St. Augustine st. Galway at around half six on July 15th. The show will be opened by the effervescent Ms. Sharon Shannon.
Hot Press is delighted to announce that The Blizzards will be making an appearance at The Hot Press Signing Tent at Oxegen on Sunday(time to be confirmed)
Electric Eel Shock (Japan) play the Stables, Mullingar Thursday July 24th with support from Crimson Check them out at www. electriceelshock. com Tickets on sale now from usual outlets
enjoy oxegen!! means its been a year since i seen ya last!! my ipod and laptop also broke in the meantime so ive nearly forgotten wat the blizzards sound like!! not quite tho!
