Laura Sheeran and Marc Aubele’s (Mirrorman) “alien pop” duo Nanu Nanu recorded four tracks for RTE Radio One’s Arena for Big Music Week over about six hours and the results have been released the recordings as a free EP. It does a great job of presenting the band in their best form, the new version of ‘Skin’ is like a stereo version to the older one’s mono while the excellent cover of Katie Kim’s ‘The Feast’ is my highlight. Download it at Bandcamp.
‘Skin’ at least, will feature on the duo’s debut album which is to be mixed by Rob Kirwan, is out next year on Flaming June Records and will feature a comic cook of their characters Glitterface and Mirrorman by Gemma Gallagher as well as an “online fantasy musical”. Tour dates around Ireland this month.
Nanu Nanu – ‘The Feast’ (Katie Kim cover)
Nanu Nanu – ‘Skin’
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.
