Alarmist are in the class of the 2010s, and describe themselves as “instrumental maximalists”. They certainly shoehorned a multitude of sonic ideas into nine tracks on their second album, Sequesterer. Opening with District of Baddies, Alarmist set out their stall of innovative and experimental free-form rock with avant-garde jazz sensibilities. They’ve refined and defined their sound with the tremendously named Deaf Brothers in a studio called the Meadow in Co Wicklow. But there is much more to Alarmist than unusual track titles, as Sequesterer is a brilliant second album, remarkably assured and gorgeously played.

Source: The Irish Times July 18, 2019 03:56 UTC