• Album Premiere: The 202s – From When The Future Was Yet To Hurt Us

    March 29, 2018 - By 

    Dublin’s The 202s will release their new album From When The Future Was Yet To Hurt Us tomorrow March 30 via Difference/Repetition. With a selection of brand new cuts, previously released singles and tracks from their superb 2017 EP, Up In Thin Air, this album feels like the culmination of two years worth of gradual graft from one of Ireland’s finest, most understated acts. Having reformed in 2016 after a lengthy spell away – real life stuff, “since we last made a record, The 202s have made five human beings!” – the trio have been steadily releasing tracks in anticipation of this album and now, as it lands,…

  • Stream: The 202s – Soul Don’t Boogie

    November 25, 2017 - By 

    Dublin’s The 202s have shared another single taken of their forthcoming second album From When The Future Was Yet To Hurt Us, set for release on 2 February 2018 via Difference/Repetition.  The trio of Mike Glennon, Steve Melling and Barry Smullen follow this years’ Up In Thin Air EP with more ventures into their new-wave, post-punk and krautrock influences. Along with its first single ‘Dash For The Exit (Real Love Doesn’t Lie)’, ‘Soul Don’t Boogie’ sees the group continuing to embrace grit, motorik groove and grizzly melodies. It’s done them a lot of favours, and finds them in territory they are more comfortable in than ever before, giving them chances…

  • EP Stream: The 202s – Up In Thin Air

    February 2, 2017 - By 

    The 202s are a warm jumper of a band. Their sound is instantly familiar no matter which angle you approach it from, yet still comfortable and always enjoyable. Their specific brand of pop draws from a Bassetts assorted mix of music lover treats. Be it the Zero 7 ambience, the post-punk baritone vocals, those rock solid krautrock beats, the Yo La Tengo gentility or the glorious Kinks inflected melodies, all of the different sources trickle into the soundscape and provide a surprisingly large amount of enjoyment for even a casual pop culture obsessive. They’re the kind of group whose every…