Every time Crazy P play Dublin they sell-out so it's with great pleasure we welcome them to the west for their debut Mayo gig. Their last album "When We On" was critically acclaimed and a definite jewel in their packed back catalogue. With their roots in early house and techno the band have moved on to a more Disco and Funk live sound. They've released several albums and remixes and their high energy live shows, with front woman Danielle Moore, are always "knock-out."
Alongside the wealth of brilliant remixes they have served up recently, “When We On” shows how far Crazy P have come since 2008. Whether it’s the anthemic ‘Beatbox’, with its freeform acapella work, grinding Prince—style guitar and haunting strings, the reflective ‘Eruption’, driven on by a rave piano figure and lead singer Danielle Moore’s plaintive cry of “Let me be the one you run to” or, at the other end of the scale, the Detroit techno-esque ‘Sonar’, with its increasingly frenetic payoff, this is an album packed full of potential singles. They might be crazy, but they sure know where the tunes are located.
“With Stop Space Return we wrote the majority of that as a band,” explains Jim Baron. “For this, we decided to strip it back to me and Toddy (Chris Todd. Guitar/Keys) writing with Danielle. We gave Danielle the Loop Station and she’s really taken to it. You can layer vocals, you can hear harmonies immediately, so she can jam along with us now. It shaped a lot of the vocal sound for the album. There’s a tune called ‘We Can Only Be Who Are’ which has big vocal layering, and there’s a lot of that. It’s probably a bit more… grown-up.”
Chris expands on the theme: “We had quite a big year last year for lots of different reasons and we had difficulties too and I think a lot of the writing came out of that. It’s a little bit more reflective and thoughtful than previous albums.”
We're expecting a big crowd for this in the intimate Ruby Room so we advise getting there early, Special guest DJ on the night is Razor. Doors open 10pm. |