Jonny Rep

Jonny Rep are a four-piece outfit from Limerick who trade in an off-the-peg pop-rock style and have more than a touch of the Weezers in the vocal/melody departments. They have a big, tough guitar sound, sometimes soaring West Coast vocals (San Francisco, not Lisdoonvarna), a bagful of tuneful pop songs that never overstay their welcome, and a fine sense of just making music/noise for the sheer pleasure of it.
Their eponymous album is low on information, as is their web presence, but this is not a difficult album to enjoy for its own sake. Its ten songs hardly stray from their chosen brand of straight ahead, in-your-face guitar pop-rock, but with less of the subtlety and variation you'd expect from, say, The Blizzards or The Coronas. 'Standing Still', 'If You Had A Plan', 'Headlights On', 'Back Down Solid', 'Blackened Anvils' and 'Send Me Back' all fit the formula and each one is delivered with a workmanlike commitment to the job in hand.
Produced with Ciaran O'Shea, this collection suggests a band healthily seeking their share of cheap pop thrills.