It was last summer when Alex Lawes & Sean Merrigan first appeared with a brance of impressive analogue electronic tracks as Subaltern. They warned us then they liked “doing everything the long way around” so it’s not that surprising that despite some live supports of late, the pair have taken over a year to release a followup track. ‘Black Cat’ was released to the wild’s prompted by the duo supporting Simian Mobile Disco at Hidden Agenda over the weekend and the track isn’t leagues apart from that duo’s synthesizer-driven dance sound.
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.
