The Holy Roman Army Cometh

Problems At The Pancake House return once again this coming weekend (tomorrow night) with a night of music with an electronic edge at the next Problems at the Pancake House show as The Holy Roman Army and Sing Song join Kilkenny’s electro-pop purveyors Supernova Scotia in Cleere’s Theatre.

The Holy Roman Army is Chris and Laura Coffey, siblings from Co. Carlow who have been making music together on and off for fifteen years.

They make the music during time away from their day jobs working as a doctor and psychologist respectively.
They blend samples, synthesizers, vocoders, live vocals and guitar both in the studio and onstage with dark and occasionally obtuse lyrical
They have played several gigs in the Dublin area recently, the most high-profile of which was a support slot with Low as part of the Future Days festival- the smatterings of applause heard faintly in the back of the quarter-full venue have only served to fuel their monstrous egos.

They are currently recording their debut album with Steve Shannon of Halfset, which they plan to self-release in the autumn of this year. It features a contribution from Kilkenny’s own Captain Moonlight and the track will debut live in Cleere’s which you can also hear on the group’s myspace.

Sing Song begun their life as a duo: the dynamic vision of two young men, Danny and Cian, who refused to play to conventions. They showed up to gigs with Danny’s mother’s crystle glasses entow, posted bewildering pictures on their myspace and most worrying of all, seemed to have emerged from somewhere in the midlands of Ireland.

One wet windy evening Simon happened upon them playing to a less than patient crowd in Pravda. How he weasled his way into the band we might never know but he did bring with him a certain warmth, a certain knowingness, a certain mix of beeps and bips and bass that blended almost seemlessly with their sweeping sonic landscape and Danny’s creepying yet comforting voice. They are currently recording more music…

So stay tuned. Or just get to Cleere’s tomorrow night for 9:30pm, admission only a fiver!