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Adebisi Shank

Rank #4 Dublin, IE Alternative / Instrumental / Rock

Adebisi Shank

About

Label: Richter Collective, Sargent House

Manager: Sargent House

Bio: The Wexford, Ireland trio deftly merges the triumphant guitar harmonies of Fang Island with the mathematic precision of Battles, the genre-surfing playfulness of Daft Punk and churning intensity of HEALTH. But it's much more than the sum of those parts, it's a sound befitting of the retrofuturism... See Full Bio

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“Adebisi Shank are a loud, eccentric, energetic, electric and elegantly experimental band who predominantly make their music with guitar, bass and drums. Yet their noise is a thick and well-crafted powerhouse of magical licks, bleeps, tinks, booms and glitches made with a sea of pedals and knobs; an orchestra of power fuzz.”

— Andy Crowder, Musical Mathematics Band Feature

“Adebisi Shank were next up and they played their usual kind of gig. So, roughly ten times better than any other gig you’ve ever been to. Seriously though, these three guys have moved to a level beyond compare in this country. Fun, frantic, sweaty, their set had everything you’d expect, culminating in masked bassist Vinny leaping from a wooden platform high up one of the tent’s poles into the welcoming arms of his adoring crowd while joyous noise emanated from the stage.”

— Castlepalooza Live Review, The State

“The highlight of the night and one of the best performances of the festival was Adebisi Shank. This Irish trio were shockingly good. The music is raucous and fun and the live show matched. You’d be crazy not to rush to see these guys.”

— Sled Island Fest Live Review , Swerve

“Adebisi Shank’s sound is dangerous, ill-mannered – and irrepressibly exciting. They take apart our expectations of what a three-piece rock band can do. ”

— Live Review - Whelan's Dublin , Journal of Music

“ World, meet Adebisi Shank: the most fun you can have with your clothes on since the zipper was invented. A word-of-mouth juggernaut in their native Ireland, simply put, this Wexford trio is a jaw-dropping live prospect, as you could easily imagine listening to their 2008 debut. The follow-up, however, is a whole other level.”

— This Is The Second Album..., Pop Matters

“Epic. Everything about Irish trio Adebisi Shank's second LP screams the word.”

— This is The Second Album... Review, Exclaim! Canada

“vocals are rarely missed because of the level of musicianship exhibited throughout This Is The Second Album Of A Band Called Adebisi Shank. The album remains consistently energetic and catchy while staying interesting which is no small feat for an instrumental group.”

— This Is The Second Album Review , Surviving The Golden Age

“But even at their most laid back, which is a side of the band that only shows its face every once in a while, Adebisi Shank remains dazzling and dynamic. This is a band that's not afraid to show off their seemingly endless chops, and thank goodness for that. Second Album is fucked-up prog wizardry at its finest. ”

— This Is the Second Album.. Review, Treble

“the lack of vocals is irrelevant to the unrelenting energy of invention on display. That feeling in your chest? It's Adebisi Shank driving a shiv into the heart of the idea of genre boundaries. Cathartic, invigorating and inspiring, Adebisi Shank have dropped one of the year's most distinctive musical statements.”

— This IS The Second Album..., Exclaim! Canada - Review

“Second Album delivers a maelstrom of zany electronics, unusual distortions, and triumphant, rapidly ascending scales mixed with vintage synths, marimba, horns, and other accoutrements. This is all packaged between and around gloriously catchy and powerful rock riffs.It's a manic and buoyant sophomore effort. Simply put, Adebisi Shank is a revelation.”

— This Is The Second Album.. Best Album of the Week , Alarm Press

“The Wexford, Ireland trio does radical things to all things rock and electronic and warp your "math-rock" and "whatsit" genres and categories into total oblivion. ”

— This Is the Second... , BlueFat

“Holy shit, is this band named after a character from the HBO prison drama classic Oz? If not, we’re just going to assume it is, because that’s awesome. The band is kind of awesome as well. They sound what we imagine prog rock would sound like if it wasn’t the nerdiest shit ever. That’s what passes for a compliment around these parts.”

— This Is The Second.., Beefeed - Best New Releases

“Adebisi Shank is indeed comparable to a technologically aided progressive act like Battles, but there's also a very raw and reckless edge to them that reminds me of Shining's Grindstone album. They utilize overt metallic riffs, almost Yes-tinged ivory theatrics and vocoder-enhanced vocals, suggesting archaic notions of science fiction's future world.”

— Letters From A Tape Head

“Adebisi Shank explode out of the gate with "International Dreambeat," a triumphant charge of math rock that sounds like Battles jamming with Dan Deacon after downing mugs of mead. Much more excitement ensues over the following nine tracks, as the three savagely virtuosic dudes in Adebisi Shank grind out hyperkinetic corkscrews of noise rock you can spaz out to.”

— This Is The Second Album Review, The Stranger

“Much of the album sounds like an unholy union of Holy Fuck and Hella, with a resulting tension between metronomic grooving and complex geekiness sending sparks everywhere. Overwhelming is their default mode, and This Is the Second Album of a Band Called Adebisi Shank is pretty much ecstatic panic, nonstop. ”

— This Is The Second Album Review, The Stranger

“Fans of Battles' gleeful mathematical precision and the fuzzed-out groove stomp of Death From Above 1979 should find plenty to give their ears a happy. ”

— Genki Shank Feature, Exclaim!

“Adebisi Shank’s This is the Second Album of a Band Called Adebisi Shank is clearly one of the best albums out there this year. I would be astonished to see another album, instrumental or not, do more with their sound than these guys have done while only being a three-piece band. Find me that album from this year and I will personally buy you tickets to see whoever you have chosen over these guys. Until you do, Ireland reigns.”

— This Is The Second Album Review, 402 Productions

“this album is by far the most inspirational music I’ve heard in a while. “This Is The Second Album Of A Band Called Adebisi Shank” is scintillating arpeggiated riffs à la Marnie Stern, over banging anthemic phrases ”

— This Is the Second.. Review , Punctuation Faces UK

“These guys are well-versed in the ways of experimental rock but it takes some true champs to make this kind of music accessible. Sure, it’s a bit weird, but you’ll find yourself oddly hooked to Adebisi’s quirky audio manipulations and face-melting guitar riffs.”

— All Things Go - USA

“What is there to say though about Adebisi Shank? You've heard the EP, the album, and the other album, but nothing i could say, no video/audio you could see/hear could prepare you for this live show... It's a strange and wonderful experience. These 3 young men are possessed by purest rock and purest roll!”

— Live Review , Moranhead Music Industries

“This is powerful and engaging and quite a bit bonkers rock, like speed metal with guitars and keyboards. The sheer energy drags you along like a bunch of people off their heads and before you know it you are lifted up onto shoulders transported aloft. The way the bass and drums lope along with the riffs building is like pure elation fired broadside square into your body.”

— This Is The Second...Review , Punctuation Faces UK

“Its music isn't easily categorized, but falls somewhere in the realm of a math-metal version of Battles. The fluctuations in tempo, volume, and overall intensity make each song a progressive exploration of texture and melody. Due in part to a sheer glut of instruments, one minute you're listening to vicious shredding, and the next a blissed-out Peter Gabriel- / Animal Collective-style groove.”

— Featured MP3 - Micromachines, Alarm Magazine

“The creativity gods have blessed these men. Probably one of the few albums released this year that I have had an unmistakable itch to listen to multiple times, for multiple reasons. Initially, out of sheer confusion. How is this so good? were the sort of questions crossing my mind.”

— This Is The Second Album Review , 402 Productions

“2010 Digital Socket Awards WINNER for: Best Artwork, Best Rock Group, & Album of the Year Adebisi Shank - This is the Second Album of A Band Called...”

— Best Album of The Year , State Digital Socket Awards

“2010 Short List for Best Irish Album: Adebisi Shank - This Is The Second Album Of A Band Called...”

— Short List -2010, Choice Music Prize

“It’s mental. Completely insane. Just made of genius from start to finish.”

— Noise Don't Stop - Top 10 Albums of 2010

“My love affair with Sargent House continues with one of the latest additions to its roster, Adebisi Shank. Like most of the label’s acts the Irish three-piece is hard to categorize, but combine Fang Island’s grandiosity and Tera Melos’ eccentricity and you’re almost there. ”

— All Things Go

“They melt faces with some enthusiasm and no shame. It’s not something it’s even possible to represent in writing. It’s just a full body experience that makes you want to say things like ‘they ripped the arse out of the Mercantile’ or ‘they tore that shit down like the Berlin Wall’.”

— Live Review , Those Geese

“This album is a celebration of life, travel, performance, victory, culture, experience, catharsis, euphoria, and love of music, with a scintillating-as-always live show to match. May the story never end.”

— Mike McGrath Bryan, Drop D - Best Albums of 2010 / #1

“Adebisi Shank’s live sets are the stuff of legend. Vinny, wearing a red fabric mask that a Japanese serial killer would be proud of, bounds around the stage, dancing a derring-do with the equally elastic and lithe guitarist Lar. Behind them sits Mick, pounding away at the drum kit like a demon possessed. But ask them if they want to reproduce their live sound on record, and the answer is no. ”

— Feature / Interview , State.IE

“Like Bill and Ted’s band Wyld Stallyns playing the Flash Gordon sound-track; like a cross between Battles and Fang Island.”

— Bowlegs "What's Hot" Genki Shank

“So maybe you have lost sight of the future. Maybe you feel let down by what it has brought us so far. But remember, the future is now. Grab your wireless device and log onto the world wide web. Electronically download the new album from Adebisi Shank, and then listen to it while you think about what was and what could be.”

— Tough Customer

“Breathtaking doesn’t even begin to describe it. This is a 40 minute euphoric rush of the very future of rock music, played with astonishing tightness and precision. Some moments, it feels like an ascent to heaven, before being crashed back to earth thanks to the shattering power of the musicianship on offer, from the sporadic drum patterns, to the furious bass grind and the interstellar guitar playing. Like having a kaleidoscope forced into your brain during an electro storm, Adebisi Shank are anything but predictable ”

— This Is The Second Album - Review , Keep It Fast

“ This is a raucous, fun ride which you’ll want to be a part of. 9 out of 10”

— This Is The Second Album..- Review , RockSound - UK

“They are the best band in Ireland at the moment.”

— Those Geese

“it descends into something that sounds like Battles and Lightning Bolt joining forces to create a punk rock band. “Like having a kaleidoscope forced into your brain during an electro storm, Adebisi Shank are anything but predictable” – The very future of instrumental rock music, an incredible second album by three musicians I could listen to all day.”

— Keep It Fast - BEST OF 2010 / #1

“Jaw well and truly on the floor for this one. It’s one of those moments when you start to re-evaluate certain factors, points in your life and more importantly; lists. When listening to Adebisi Shank I sometimes think “what is the actual point of any other bands existing or releasing anymore music? Because there is no way in a billion burning suns there will ever be anything that touches this.””

— This Is The Second Album - Review , Keep It Fast

“The Second Album Of A Band Called Adebisi Shank is a glorious, life-affirming ride through everything that is good. A treasure. ”

— AU Magazine - Best Albums of 2010 #3

“Probably the most exciting live band in Ireland right now, Adebisi Shank took a more focused and refined approach to their second record without relinquishing any of the energy and exuberance of their debut. ”

— Blistering.Com Top 10 Albums of 2010 #3

“The universal power of wordless songs is certainly a theory that holds firm with Mick Roe, founder of up-and-coming Irish label Richter Collective, and drummer in the group that is fast becoming its crown jewel, Adebisi Shank. When I speak to Roe, he’s on tour in Japan, where the band’s driving, sharp-edged guitar-led rock is impressing Asian audiences.”

— Feature on Instrumental Bands, Irish Times

“This is the Second Album of a Band Called Adebisi Shank is a bold step and one that marks them out as one of the few breakout bands in recent years to genuinely justify their own hype. ”

— This Is The Second Album - Review , Sputnik Music

“It’s not often you get to witness a band completely transcend itself, and very few and far between are the bands that make the change from promise to fulfilment. In 2010, a band called Adebisi Shank did just that, taking the horizon by the balls, before broadening it wide enough to wrap around anyone in their vicinity.”

— AU Magazine - Best Albums of 2010 #3

“First things first take a minute to think of all the bands you’ve heard, past and present, good and bad. When this has been established try and imagine something that sounds completely unlike any of what you have heard before, and don’t be surprised if you struggle. However Abebisi Shank really are just that. ”

— This Is The Second Album - Review , Alter The Press

“while the competition has been immense, there’s really no contest for Album of the Year. Wexford mentallists Adebisi Shank stepped from being an undeniably thrilling prospect to something far beyond the sum of their parts, creating an album that brought a whole new set of horizons musically, taking in influence from not just varying genres, but from places and people and life experience. ”

— Mike McGrath Bryan/ Editor, Drop D - Top Albums of 2010 #1

“Too many albums, even in supposedly ‘experimental’ and ‘alternative’ genres, have a tendency to be generic or formulaic, even if the formula is supposedly a bit ‘out there’. Adebisi Shank have worked wonders, shattered boundaries and made a really fucking good record. 10/10”

— This Is The Second Album - Review , The 405

“Irish instrumental freaks Adebisi Shank have staked their place at the forefront of the music scene in this country, bringing with them a whole host of Richter Collective bands and opening the ears of the listening public to a new way of doing things, driven by passion, skill, hard-work and sheer determination.”

— Blistering.Com Top 10 Albums of 2010 #3

“IF I LISTEN TO THIS ALBUM IN THE MORNING, I GO TO WORK FEELING LIKE THE TUBE IS TAKING ME TO A SPACEPORT. IF I LISTEN TO THIS ALBUM IN THE EVENING, I GO TO SLEEP AND HAVE DREAMS ABOUT BEING THE MAIN CHARACTER IN A VIDEOGAME ABOUT SPACE. IF I LISTEN TO THIS ALBUM WHEN I'M SAD, IT MAKES ME HAPPY. IF I LISTEN TO THIS ALBUM ON THE TOILET, I CRAP RAINBOWS.”

— This Is The Second Album - Review, Punktastic

“Without a trace of hyperbole, This is the Second Album of a Band called Adebisi Shank by Irish 3-piece dance instrumentalist robot punk dudes Adebisi Shank is amongst the most unusual and most unique albums of the year. This is not to suggest for a second that this is a bad thing. Just no one else is really doing or sounding like what Adebisi Shank does — i.e. sounding awesome and being great.”

— This Is The Second Album - Review, Sardless.com

“It’s amazing how much a band can experiment with their own sound, at times creating a great big delightful mess while still delivering something coherent. There must be something in their water, and whatever it is I hope it’s there to stay, you’ll be hard pressed to find anything this exciting, enjoyable and grandly outlandish for a very long time. 5/5 ”

— This Is The Second Album - Review , Alter The Press

“The competition may have been stiff but Adebisi Shank have triumphed. This is the second album of a band called Adebisi Shank is a mix of engaging, thoughtful, unique and always entertaining songs, perfectly blended together to make one of the strongest Irish releases we’ve seen this year.”

— This is The Second Album - Review, GoldenPlec.com

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