O Emperor are the best Irish Band to emerge in years. Hailing from Waterford, they are young but old enough to have a wealth of musical experience behind them playing as a covers band since school days there, where they specialised in Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and Beatles songs. Their own music unsurprisingly has flashes of sixties and seventies influences ( Beach Boys, Steeley Dan etc ), but they have a sonic quality and that is unique to them.
Oh and they write great songs as well, as you can hear from the track above. They released their first album Hither Thither last year, and I was fortunate enough to see them live at the Academy shortly after. I’ve already booked my tickets for the Button Factory on 17th December 2011.
Trust me. If you go to see one gig this year etc etc… I mean it!
