Mirakil Whip - PCP EP

With a blend of electronica structure, experimental folk, reverberating guitars, and emotional indie vocals, Mirakil whip released a very impressive and varied EP last year, simply titled ‘PCP’. It is a release which I had overlooked until recently.

Lead track 'hot', for the first 30 seconds or so, reminds of early New Order, with militaristic beats, a synth harmony, and vulnerable downbeat vocal and lyrics. Then the reverberating guitars kick in, with ample crunch and grit, and you could almost be listening to early Pavement. An excellent track, yet it still doesn't capture all of what Mirakil whip are about... This is followed by 'mushi mushi', an elegant piece of ambient electronica, before we are then treated to a Sebadoh style acoustic track in 'candle falls'. Fourth is another instrumental piece, this one sounding particularly alt-folk, dominated by the use of a mandolin and an accordion. Fifth, we are back to reverberating guitars in 'she added some gel', quite americana indie-rock in style and reminding me a lot of Yo La Tengo around the time of 'i can hear the heart beating as one', and an excellent track. Bringing the EP to a close is then 'pcp song', a dreamy indie track with slow minimalist instrumentation, and this time with a soft female vocal, it is again quite different from the others. All in all, this is a very varied EP, quite inventive, and I would have to say one of solid quality throughout. Highly recommended.

Mirakil Whip are a duo from Galway consisting of Aaron Coyne and AnneMarie Deacy. Their PCP EP was released on Rusted Rail last year as a 3-inch mini-CD.

Related Links:

http://www.myspace.com/mirakilwhip

http://rustedrail.com