Exclusive stream of ‘Research and Development’ by Donegal’s Tuath.

Tying up and moving on from their writing on lost youth, Donegal psych outfit Tuath – fronted by Robert Mulhern – have turned their focus very much toward the socioeconomic concerns of the day.

Tuath are an experimental rock collective based in the northwest of Ireland, known for their expanding & contracting lineup and heady audio-visual presence. Often performed via the likes of self-built instrumentation & Sega Mega Drive MIDI manipulation, theirs is a singular blend of psychedelia, trip-hop, shoegaze, noise and krautrock that draws from Irish identity and frequently the language itself as a means to discuss more contemporary issues of an existential & socioeconomic basis.

Channeling cultural theorist Mark Fisher’s theory of ‘the slow cancellation of the future’ that’s been happening since around 1994, the phenomenon of hauntology – a look at lost progressive futures that once looked possible – and the spirit of Adam Curtis’ truth-searching latest series, Can’t Get You Out Of My Head.

Spurred on by an attempt to confront his ADHD, which had previously manifested as “formlessness and unfinished ideas that built up like a plaque until recently”, frontman Robert Mulhern managed to transform this into a period of intense focus, whereby new influences and approaches to creation could be absorbed, new instrumentation experimented with, and new creative hats worn.

Presenting high-brow concepts through the low-brow medium of rock music, Tuath blend the kaleidoscopic experimentation of Stereolab, post-new wave audiovisual cultural engineering of Psychic TV, the off-brown anarchy of Ween and Fat White Family, and something entirely their own, and on this EP moreso than ever, and an 80s-recalling post-new wave sound that alludes to Orange Juice and Julian Cope, filtered through the postmodern lens of vaporwave.

‘Research and Development’ EP will be out officially 23rd June 2021

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