Labels: Little Plastic Tapes
Review by: Chris Bress
I never hear anything about Estel, and yet if they were from London or Manchester rather than Ireland I’m sure they’d be massive. They play dark indie rock which is so much more interesting than the current crop of NME bands. They would fit in really well in Nottingham, I can really imagine them playing gigs with Wolves of Greece, Punish the Atom, the Grips, Designer Babies and even Army of Flying Robots and sounding great. To me they sound a bit like Kling Klang as they have some definite Goblin moments but filtered through someone like (the American) Camera Obscura or even a little bit of Stereolab. Most tracks on this are instrumental so the tracks don’t get ruined by some silly indie pleb whining over the top and let their Doctor who Sci Fi indie just rock out in its own spacey way. The vocal tracks that are on this cd do however work, the singer sounds a little like Mark Kozelek (although not as good “” but who is?).
Live, they were fucking great, so if you haven’t heard them send of a cheque and get this full length as its pretty fucking awesome!!