The Crofters Rights, Wednesday 4th March 2020
Bristol…. sometimes its good to “AD NAUSEAM” and you can do just that with this weeks GIG OF THE WEEK, as the noise-pop sextet from Dublin that is THUMPER arrive in the city.
There is a reason they are Eurosonic’s top pick of 2020, THUMPER catapult into 2020 on a raft on high praise and look set to conquer all in front of them.
“Two drummers making an epic noise on stage. Such a huge band. Really really massive sound. This is Thumper right now with ‘In My Room’ !” – Abbie McCarthy, BBC Radio 1
“A sonic thrust impossible to ignore”- Tony Clayton Lea, The Irish Times
“In Dublin, it’s been thrilling to witness The Murder Capital, Fontaines DC, and THUMPER see who can be the most viscerally thrilling both on stage and on vinyl” – Hot Press Magazine
“Bubblegum pop hooks and ragged guitar noises collide on THUMPER’s bratty, frenetic punk rock.” – Q Magazine “the group have been conjuring a storm with a roaring indie rock sound that’s sharp, punchy and damn right epic” – Tap The Feed
This lively single offers a blistering 218 seconds of trashing lead vocals that wrestle with raw, roaring ego as this raucous anthem thunders from fractious chorus to pared back periods of brutal honesty. Throbbing bass lines haunt Ad Nauseam, hardly pausing for a breath, before being backed up by fresh, punchy, guitar. Last summer THUMPER released their debut EP “Out of Body Auto-Message” (produced by Daniel Fox of Girl Band) to a sold out show in Dublin’s Lost Lane, before embarking on a 3 month festival tour which included key slots at Primavera (Barcelona), Knockanstockan, Body&Soul, Electric Picnic and many more. The latter half of 2019 saw the band complete their first headline tour of the UK, inc sold-out shows in London and Bristol, before finally returning to Dublin for their second homecoming sell-out of the year in The Grand Social.
This year anticipates rampant success for Dublin’s noise-pop sextet, stemming from performances at The Netherlands infamous Eurosonic festival, the band commence their Ad Nauseam tour with showcases across the UK, Germany, Belgium and France, while summer-festival circuit touring brings THUMPER shows across multiple European music festivals.
Get your tickets for Wednesdays show right HERE £8