Back in late January, I debuted ‘Brasserie’ from Sundernix. That song comes from Sundernix’s self-titled album, a release five years in the making and the brainchild of Liam Trappe, a Naas-born multi-instrumental musician. The album is now streaming in full and available for purchase on Bandcamp. The result of that long time toiling is 37 minutes of boundless pop music, rich in orchestrals and instrumentation giving it a rich soundtrack quality (especially on ‘Floating Around Going Nowhere’). Brass, strings and piano dominate the music while Trappe’s deep timbre dominates the tracks. It features musical contributions from Kildare musicians Sive, Adultrock, Niall O’Sullivan, Claire Prendergast and Super Extra Bonus Party.
(For the purposes of honesty and clarity: I’ve known Liam through other friends since 2005 or so.)
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, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
