One of the records I’ve given a lot of time to this year but have not really covered here is Portland band Wampire’s Curiousity, an album of hazy indie guitar music with a psychedelic pop persuasion. ‘The Hearse’ is my favourite track from it and the band have released this excellent Raphaël Pfeiffer-directed stylised video that perfectly captures a well-shot B-movie horror aesthetic.
Curiousity is out now on Polyvinyl.

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.