Album Review: Gurriers, Nobody Is Coming To Save You

These Dublin noise merchants continue their hot streak with their incendiary second album. A record about finding hope in hopeless situations – and comfort in huge choruses and eardrum-battering guitars – Gurriers’ latest is as gritty as it is galvanising. Sounding meaner and leaner having sharpened their skills on the road, Nobody’s Coming To Save You is bigger in scope, better sonically, and bursting with raw ruminations on life and liberty.

Kickstarting proceedings with a roar, the title is nihilistic, noisy, and snottier than a class full of nursery kids with the sniffles. Boasting spoken word vocals and a bass sound that could level a mountain, ‘Today Is Not Enough’ is another standout, while ‘Waiting For Fisher’ is full of primal power.

But Gurriers still save the best til last. On ‘Crybaby’, frontman Dan Hoff shows off his more melodic side, with his stunning vocals calling to mind the late, great Layne Staley. A triumph of towering riffs and thrilling hooks, Nobody’s Coming To Save You places Gurriers firmly in the vanguard of Irish rock.

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