Spotlight On: Secret Police

What happens if you take three people with very different musical influences and squeeze them into a band, add Peter Mullins’ uncanny penchant for melodies and lace it all with his gravely vocals ? Music lovers and reviewers have been calling it “fun”, “original”, “fresh”, “charming”. We call it Secret Police.

If ‘character’ is what you are in the dark, then Secret Police is the observer in the shadows, taking notes and then violating it with a tune. Avid chroniclers of life or just insalubrious characters. you decide. Hailing from Limerick, Ireland, Secret Police is a rock band whose music is comparable to a wired up Smashing Pumpkins, fueled by the influences of Foo Fighter, Guns and Roses, Muse, Zeppelin, just to name a few! Their songs are tales of love and losses, lust and longing, spliced to lively, energetic, mass consumable tunes for your everyday consumption. So consume liberally!

Secret Police are not here to reinvent the wheel, break any mould or distil any great truths. They are writing life’s propaganda and coupling them to infectious tunes. Their live performances are their statement of intent; they are here, to entertain.

Secret Police appear THIS Saturday (tomorrow) night in Cleere’s Theatre alongside Reemo. We featured a track from the lads on an earlier podcast but if you’re around Kilkenny this weekend, make sure that the Reemo and Secret Police gig is on your agenda! Check out the Secret Police MySpace or visit their official site at SecretPolice.tv.

LISTEN: SECRET POLICE - ‘BOOTIE CALL’