Tagged as the next big thing to emerge from Ireland, Mainline have been gathering much acclaim from the likes of Q magazine and London’s XFM. Listening to their debut single, it’s easy to justify the hype. With a big dirty guitar riff pushing it on, ‘Black Honey’ wouldn’t sound out of place on a Black Rebel Motorcycle Club or Jesus and Mary Chain album. It sounds like nothing that has come out of an Irish band in years. Fuzzy, dark and just fuckin’ rocking, it can’t but sound incredible.
Better still is ‘Once More (because of you)’. Not as dark or dingy as ‘Black Honey’, it displays a more melodic side to Mainline’s take on dirty rock n’ roll. Fantastic stuff.