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Formed
originally in 2002 by guitarist Tom Boland and vocalist Brian Kelly
under the moniker 'The Beautiful Losers' and hailing from Dublin, the
band's debut EP 'Last Dance Of The Pagans' received heavy rotation on
national radio stations in their homeland of Ireland.
Following the hugely successful period that followed the band decided to
up sticks and move across the waters to sunny old England, settling
themselves down in heady heights of London. Once the move was
complete the band were ready to rumble and take things up a notch or
two. The band extended their then line-up in May 2005 when they
recruited fellow songwriter and bass player Robert Hennebry to complete
their band of merry musicians. Shortly afterwards they decided to
change their name from 'The Beautiful Losers' to a much more fitting 'Ideamotion'.
Completing the current line-up is drummer Jamie Desogus.
Quitting jobs and homes the lads have now taken up residence in an old
transit van and have taken to the roads to bring their music to the
masses. This album sampler is an impressive introduction to the
band and it's forthcoming album due out in October 2006. However,
given that it only includes four tracks on it, it's hard to give a
definitive review of the overall quality this band are able to produce.
Opening up with the impressive 'Accelerator' lead singer Tom Boland's
vocals remind me of old school punk rockers John Lydon and Joe Strummer.
Backed by a catchy rebellious tune that are not a million miles away
from the stuff Miss Black America were doing in their early, and in my
opinion stronger days.
'Trains, Planes and Revelate' is a gentler less aggressive track that is
bound to hit home in the hearts of the mass indie crowd baying for the
likes of The Killers at the minute. Another very strong contender
for the airwaves to discover and play till the cows come home.
Actually I could imagine this particular track coming across very
strongly in the live arena and wouldn't be at all surprised if we see
this band playing at next years 'V' Festival.
'Dubh Linn' is the slowest track out the four and one that I can again
see appealing to the mass indie crowd of young folks out there.
Against the first two tracks this doesn't really light my fire but I can
appreciate the beauty of it's composition and execution.
'Head Down and Run' is the final of the four and kicks things back into
life a bit with a funky melody and some wicked guitar fret-board
dancing. Overall a mixed bag of songs but a bag of tasty morsels
that hint at bigger and better things to come, both on CD and perhaps
more so in the open environment that I strongly suspect we'll be finding
these guys playing before too long. A band to definitely raise a
big eyebrow on interest to and keep an eye on how they progress from
here.
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