One of Bill Kelly's top 10 bands of 2009, Dublin’s The Revellions offer up a raw slice of acid-tinged garage rock with current single ‘Sigh’s', an effortlessly authentic trip into the darker but no less tuneful side of the 60′s and 70′s. Psychedelia and garage band reference points are plentiful, but it’s all sewn together with enthusiasm and skill. Hammond-led hooks and brass coalesce into a strange, instantly familiar gumbo containing elements of The Zutons and The 13^th Floor Elevators. B-Side ‘Ain’t No Fool’ comes on like the Doors covering ‘Secret Agent Man’, and just might turn out to be the soundtrack to the best Russ Meyer film never made. It’s a dark stomp which remains hugely danceable, while the chorus is restrained from becoming too saccharine by liberal nods to The Lizard King himself in the lead vocals. Such a retro style is a tricky one to pull off, but the band thankfully steer clear of any nudge-wink trappings by way of a down and dirty production where the instrumentation is as raw and raspy as the vocals. It’s a refreshingly one-take, gritty and genuine sound which ensures The Revellions manage to come out sounding more like originators than time-capsule imitators.

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