While it didn’t appear in my top 10 Irish albums of the year so far (hey, it’s been a good year already), Sounds Of System Breakdown’s Nomad album is a fine collection of songs which ably match “rock dynamics and electro sounds.”
The new video for the lead track ‘Neon Contrails’ by Fail Safe Films features four Irish drag queens Blathnaid McGee, Candy Warhol, Cheryl Love and Beau Peekaboo on a DART day trip to the bowling alley and the fairground.
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.
