Irish Alternative Band GBYM (Go Bury Your Monsters) Set To Unleash New Single - I Knew Your Mind (Like You Knew Mine) on June 6th
‘Go Bury Your Monsters’ (GBYM) is the realisation of a project that grew from the scatterings and seeds of ideas lying around on Shayne Byrne’s (Owner, Ragged Company Recordings) hard drive.
by IMRO
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“Science Of The Heart is drowning in nostalgia, and is very reminiscent of older 80’s synth pop, which to me screams sentimentality. Everything about the track is quite unique and comforting and all in all, Science Of The Heart is an incredible debut single for Go Bury Your Monsters” – Tempo Magazine
“If I had to describe ‘Science Of The Heart’ , I’d say it’s like travelling across a kaleidoscope sonic river surrounded by glittering fairies, a warm feeling in your chest, a grin on your face, and the all-around languid tranquility of an 80’s indie pop song” – The Other Side Reviews
“The theme that they have created for their album body language is conceptually cohesive and I look forward to listening to the rest of the album.” – McGig Music
‘Go Bury Your Monsters’ (GBYM) is the realisation of a project that grew from the scatterings and seeds of ideas lying around on Shayne Byrne’s (Owner, Ragged Company Recordings) hard drive.
On there, were the dozens of demos; riffs, 30 second clips, synth daydreams, and sometimes only 12 bars of music that Darragh J. Glennon, Shayne Byrne, Stephen Young and Brian Murphy took and transformed into the melodies and music that is now Body Language; the four-song EP that owes as much to 1980s Peter Gabriel as it does to The War On Drugs.
Working remotely – aside from Byrne, at his studio, RaggedSound, in County Carlow – Young (living in Italy), Murphy (living in Westmeath) and Glennon (living in Spain), the four musicians took the elements they found and spent 18 months delving into the original material to create compositions that pushed their own boundaries and yet, grasped at something that was, to their ears, a collage of retro and contemporary.
Working across country and county borders, the four made use of modern technology: Byrne (Producer, drums, keyboards, guitars) would usually send the demos on to Young (Vocalist), who would then arrange the songs at his home studio, often in tandem with Byrne. Young brought up the theme of using the human body as a theme for the EP, each song using a bodily organ figuratively but often metaphorically in the lyrics.
From this, the band expounded on the theme to create a soundscape that pulsed and breathed even more life into the songs: Glennon (Bass – from his home studio in Spain) provided the bedrock for Murphy (Guitars – at his home studio in Mullingar) along with Byrne on drums, keyboards and synthesizers. Together the four pieced together what would become ‘Body Language’, the first EP from ‘Go Bury Your Monsters’.
‘I Knew Your Mind (Like You Knew Mine)’ is the next single to be taken from the upcoming EP and releases everywhere on June 6th.
ABOUT THE TRACK
With two releases from their upcoming EP, Body Language, already roaming the radio waves and sounding out across streaming platforms, all thoughts now turn to ‘Go Bury Your Monsters’ (GBYM’s) new single, ‘I Knew Your Mind (Like You Knew Mine)’. The third single from the band, who owe as much to the music of the ’80s as they do contemporary electronica, is a drive-with-the-windows-down barnburner, with each group member propelling the track onward and each hook slinking into the subconscious.
This June 6th, sit back, turn up the volume, and let the Monsters’ new brain candy, I Knew Your Mind (Like You Knew Mine), kick off your summer and banish the chilly winter blues.
