The other day, a friend of mine handed me a brilliant new album by a band called Reemo to check out and I was blown away at how good the album is.

‘Colours’ is an energetic album that suits the mature listener, it is fast, heavy, fun and energetic with meaningful lyrics and impressive vocals and harmonies. It is a very refreshing sound from the rock genre, with great melodic guitars and hard-hitting drum beats and awesome bass riffs. It was great to hear something so good coming out of Ireland.

Reemo have only been formed a few years but they have developed a brilliant, ; tight sound together on this really well produced album. You may have already heard some songs by them like ‘Who you are/ Line’ and ‘Rushin Man’ and ëChocolate Covered Gorgeous’, which have received extensive airplay and gone down a storm on national and local radio throughout the country.

Reemo are Steven Connolly (Vocals), Paul McGlue (Lead Guitar), Conleth Dunne (Bass Guitar) Alan Connolly (Percussion) and Igor Biasini (Keyboards/ Guitar)

The band have an eclectic collection of styles which they have put together very professionally to create a unique sound; it is very difficult to pin point exactly who their influences are for this album, but while the sound is very modern, I kept hearing echoes of eighties power pop.

I found Steven Connolly to be one of the best vocalists I have heard in a long time. His broad vocal range is put to good use throughout the album and the rest of the members kick in with beautiful harmonies. They have obviously put a lot of thought into the structure of the album as each song bleeds into the next, creating a wonderful aural rollercoaster ride from start to finish. Strongly recommended.

‘Colours’ has been in shops since the 18th September and the official launch party will be held on the 26th of September in The Village, Wexford Street with special guests Orphancode.

Doors open at 8pm sharp and tickets are priced at €10. I would seriously recommend you check them out, these guys are going to be big. Other future gigs by the band are on the 4th October at The Mezz, Temple bar Dublin and 22nd October at the University of Limerick, followed by a gig on 10th November at NUI Galway. See you there.