Meltybrains? - You (Vinyl)

The long-awaited debut album from Dublin's most gleefully uncategorisable band, released on Galway's Strange Brew in 2023 after years in the making. Five friends who built a reputation on outrageous, theatrical live shows from SXSW to Iceland Airwaves, and whose members have quietly turned up in the credits of Dermot Kennedy, Gilla Band, Denise Chaila and Talos records while this album slowly took shape.

You is an exploration of five young men trying to get from one end of their 20s to the other, and it sounds exactly as strange as that journey feels. Footwork, drone and J-pop collide with krautrock, psychedelia and prog, from the frantic squelch of Journey To/From The Meltyworld to the glowing strings and manipulated vocals of Space Ghetto. An absolute beginner's guide to the microcosm, the macrocosm and everything in between, and somehow it all hangs together. 12 inch vinyl in a deluxe gatefold sleeve.