WE SHOULD BE DEAD

Listening to emerging Limerick band We Should Be Dead can be a bit like taking a step back in time. Perhaps easiest to describe their sound as The Ramones meet The Shangri-Las, when listening to them live it is impossible not to feel a part of you has traveled back to the 70s, witnessing at first hand a peer of The Runaways or Blondie, belting out incredibly catchy tunes to the punk generation.


It is almost surreal how convincingly they've created a sound and feel of a band so rooted in that generation, and whereas today the influence of that time resonates quite emphatically in the music of The White Stripes and Yeah Yeah Yeahs, We Should Be Dead take it a step closer and not only resonate that era but actually sound as if they are a true part of that era, and to me that's an attribute which gives them a rather special distinction.

A biography on their myspace simply states "2 girls. 2 boys. When they met, it was moider" (Tara on vocals and Anna on Guitar being the two girls while Stephen on drums and Gary on bass being the two boys) and with just the briefest of mentions of being in the process of bringing out a debut album, they are not giving much detail away, but they do have four songs available for download from their myspace, all top quality songs, with 'My Night' edging it ahead as my favourite.

Related Links:

http://www.myspace.com/wsbd