The Kildare duo of Max Zanga and Matt O’Baoill are closing up the band with some of their finest work yet.
Tebi Rex have announced the end of the band, their alternative hip-hop melodic pop project that has resulted in two albums and a host of singles and EPs over the last ten years winds up in 2025.
The band will go aim to go out on a high with their third album Fin.
“We’ve always been terrified of endings. I suppose this album and this song is us trying to find beauty and joy in things coming to a close because it’s inevitable”.
Tebi Rex, 2025
Today, the band have shared the title track and lead single ‘Fin’ which they say is “a work in progress, the sound of dance music being mixed and structured.”
“As with the whole album, the lid has been lifted on the creative process with snippets of studio conversations and ideas left in. It’s the live director’s commentary that accompanies a film, the process of turning disparate words into a poem. Each track on the record will deal with an ending of some sort and ‘Fin.’ is no exception, setting the musical and lyrical tone for what is to come. It draws on feelings of nostalgia, of childhood dance parties, of playing with your friends, of a time passed and long dead.
The superb dance-based music video is made by Aiesha Wong. Watch it here:
Some of the music from the album was featured in Fin. – The Harbinger of Death, a play written by Dafe Pessu Orugbo staged at Smock Alley Theatre as part of Scene + Heard Festival last week.
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.
