It was a night of two piece bands the launch of Stitch Jones new album ‘Echolalia’ at The Thomas House Dublin.
Nervvs kicked things off with a rowdy ruckus of punk rock. Crunching guitar riffs blasted against pummelling brain bleeding drums making for one heavy dose of anarchy splattered rock. Torpedoing through each track on their set list with songs like the psychedelic stained ‘Your Fired’ ( a song about going to work on acid) the duo display their aggressive relentless sound. Teamed with vocal screams and explosive instrumentation these guys are a combustive turbulent force of nature.

Bicurious , an instrumental and experimental duo follow. Cooling down the frenzied atmosphere with slick melodic grooves and delicious sweet guitar. These guys impressively drift between Math-Rock and intensifying ambient soundscapes. Fascinating to watch with unique samples as a lead vocal they lead you into their ever weaving and winding sound without you realising each track is a lengthy 6 minutes or so. Injecting blasts of head-banging beef with an occasional vocal appearance from guests like Donald Trump the duo create a huge sound complete with jazzy chord elements and guitar loops leaving the crowd wanting more as they are encouraged to play extra songs after their set.

Ross and Watchy begin their fierce set with humorous banter and comical stage props these guys are a barrel of laughs and their live approach upholds this. Energetically these guys wallop out their lengthy set list kicking things off with the mighty ‘This Clown As Collateral’. Right from the get go it’s an ear pounding assault of ferocious rock with breakneck rapid tempo fuelled by brisk raging drums and vigorous bass. These guys deliver hard-driving raving rock that screams whiplash while also maintaining a bounce and exuberant flow. From “cheer for weed” to applause props Stitch Jones know how to keep things light and jokey while never failing to blast out some mighty tunes. The bobbing heads of the crowd seemed content to space out in the wild sound while occasionally a brave lone ranger would dart up to the front to jump and dance frantically before returning again to the back. Stitch Jones know how to put on a powerful show, my ears were ringing the next day.
Its was a great night with fantastic live music the only thing missing was the lack of rum at the bar but I think I can cope with that… I suppose vodka is my new drink now.

You can stream ‘Echolalia’ below