4th April 2009: You're Only Massive & Babybeef @ The Hideaway House 6pm (1 Viewer)

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YOU'RE ONLY MASSIVE
(Berlin/Waterford)
'Under The Neon' 7" Launch

with
BABYBEEF
(Dublin)

Saturday 4th April.
6pm
€5 including 7"

The Hideaway House
65 Deansgrange Rd.
Blackrock,
Co. Dublin

Directions in the blog at http://www.hideawayrecords.net/


On Saturday April 4th at 6pm You're Only Massive launch the new single "Under The Neon" with a launch party and performance at The Hideaway House. Grace us with your presence on the 'Under the Neon Red Carpet'.

Here's two reviews of their previous release:

Sunday Tribune Album of the Week:
Queen Kong V You're Only Massive
Dot-Dash (36:32)
Independent vinyl release

Here's a frighteningly exciting if strange prospect. Cork Berlinophiles Queen Kong, with their weird rock, and Waterford hip hop duo You're Only Massive (RIGHT), with their occasional party electro influence, have teamed up to make not a split album between bands, but a collaboration divided only by moods (one side "upbeat disco modern", the flip side "love songs and slow jams").


It takes a while to find a common thread between both acts, other than an endorsement of the avant-garde. Upon listening, that common thread reveals itself as an affection for beats, weirdness and, ultimately, melody. Dot-Dash' which could have been a disaster, delivers like no other Irish album has this year. It is just jammed with creativity, incredible vocal performances, smart raps, and inventive beats, sounds and rhythms, leaving you thankful that both groups came up with such a daring idea. Queen Kong's Amy Stephenson (LEFT) crowns the record with her irking and beautiful voice, most notably on 'The Rules' and 'Approximation', which also happens to be lyrically stunning, if peculiar ("The military lets you wear your own cosmetics / I wish I had a face like Samuel Beckett".) Every track is laden with surprises, from the urgent raps about shoplifting on 'Do A Runner' to the soaring Bond-like 'The World Is Yours'. Mixed continuously, Dot-Dash swerves around sounds expertly from hip hop to alt-rock, electro, indie and beyond, eventually becoming an eclectic and unusual entity of its own. One only wishes someone would throw a heap of cash at this record, to beef up the sound, and bulk up production values. With You're Only Massive's musical future hanging in the balance, Queen Kong should definitely maintain the direction in which they're going on Dot-Dash as it has yielded their best material ever. Recorded and produced in Dublin, Berlin, Waterford and Baltimore (US), Dot-Dash is a truly modern creation and one of the best Irish releases this year. It's hard to make the bizarre brilliant, but they've done it.

Download: 'Booty', 'Approximation', 'The Rules'
Una Mullally


August 17, 2008
The Ticket Album Reviews, The Irish Times:

YOU'RE ONLY MASSIVE VS QUEEN KONG
Dot-Dash ****
Self-release

In the red corner, it's You're Only Massive, two lasses from Waterford who get their freak on with hip-hop and electro. In the blue corner, it's Queen Kong, Cork/Dublin musos with a grá for dark, tough sounds.

With such a line-up, the Dot-Dash collaboration might well have been a dog's dinner, but it all turns out rather smashing in the mix. What's remarkable is the sense of cohesion throughout. Instead of merely accentuating and amplifying each side's strengths, common currency is found in the smart melodies, top-drawer beats and relentless wash of strange, alluring sounds.

Both the collective's ambitious streak and a talent for hitting all the notes they're hearing in their heads are abundantly clear. From cheeky raps ( Do a Runner ) to perfectly realised sweeping grooves ( The World Is Yours ), Dot-Dash is light years ahead of what their peers are doing. JIM CARROLL

YOM:

Babybeef:

 

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