"Do you wanna come and check out this Irish band Si Schroeder", I was asked the other day.
"Where are they form?" I said
"Dublin"
"Who do they sound like?"
"Spiritualized but with quirky electronic samples"
"Okay I'm mildly interested but how did you find out about them? They're not your workmates, brothers, fifth band since Christmas are they?"

"No way, Donal Dineen has had them on heavy rotation the last few nights, these guys are good!"

So off to Crawdaddy I headed last night to see if the latest darlings of the Indie music scene in Dublin could muster a decent performance. And deliver, they most certainly did.

With waves of guitars, whispy drums and the lead singer's muffled voice, the comparisons with Spiritualized are easily met. A bunch of nerdy but talented musicians, the array of sound and smart composition was certainly impressive. Combining glossy electronic samples with edgy guitar riffs, most of the songs followed a similar sweet melodic intro, building smoothly to a well rounded finish but where Spiritualized soar into supersonic oblivion, Si Schroeder don't quite reach the same epic highs. This is probably not their intention and thankfully they focused on what they do very well - combining melodic instrumental sounds with deft electro samples and beats.

These guys certainly earned my admiration. We need more Irish acts like this to excite the local music scene.