Listen to the Alarmist EP and download ‘Giraffe Centre’

If you’ve been paying attention to Dublin’s gigging calendar, you may have caught these guys live in recent months. Alarmist are an instrumental band who rather than focus on ambience, slow-build and all those post-rock histrionics, instead are closer to the thrill of Battles or Tortoise (for reference) in their quest for fast-paced twisting and turning melody passages. The instruments pursue each other through a maze of notes and it’s quite a thrilling sound.

Neil Crowley, Elis Czerniak, Osgar Dukes and Barry O’Halpin make up the band and their debut five-track EP is released next week on the Eleven Eleven label on August 18th 2011. Listen to the EP below and grab a download of ‘Giraffe Centre.’

Alarmist live dates:
Thursday August 18th – 5pm Tower Records 18th Birthday Celebrations and EP launch instore.
Friday August 19th – Block T – Alarmist EP launch with support from The Dying Seconds (€8, BYOB, € for an EP on the night. )

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