Wednesday, December 04, 2024

Hey, This Guy is Good!!!

From just now in 2024, please enjoy wonderful be-Rickenbackered Irish pop/rocker Barry J. Walsh and his absolutely killer new single "The Sound."

Attentive readers will recall I first raved about Walsh back in August; the short version is Barry used to be in a '90s Irish power pop band called The Fireflys, who were named after Groucho's character in Duck Soup, so I love him unreservedly from jump.

In any case, Barry modestly describes the above track as fading in "with a chainsaw riff before shuffling between the strut and stomp of Mod, four on the floor Northern Soul and the snark and swagger of New Wave, all the while surfing a wave of chugging guitars and stacked, heavenly Powerpop harmonies. It’s a gobstopper popsicle of a song so suck it and see."

And I couldn't agree more.

Meanwhile, you can find out more about Barry and download or stream more of his music over at Bandcamp here.

2 comments:

mistah charley, sb, ma, phd, jsps said...

it's a good sound - the sentiment reminds me of 'i go for the up' by utopia

Allan Rosenberg said...

Love the song, love the band's playing, the singing has no personality.

Over all very good.

Captain Al