Album Review: Age of Indignation

It’s fair to say that on September Girls’ debut Cursing The Sea, the five-piece looked to England and the States for inspiration. What they delivered was a shoegaze, psych and garage-inflected outing. On album number two, however, they’ve shifted their sights much closer to home. Propelled by political activism, Age Of Indignation rages powerfully against the machine (in this case, life in modern day Ireland) and is a thought-provoking, often unflinchingly dark opus that tackles topics such as religion, feminism (and the misinterpretation of the movement), war and the empty headedness of social media.
Gloriously gloomy (‘Ghost’), at times gritty (‘Jaw On The Floor’) and boasting a heavier sound (‘John Of Gods’), the record is terrifically eclectic throughout. The Yeats and ‘Trasna Na Dtonnta’ referencing ‘Catholic Guilt’ is a seminal moment for the band. Heaving with barbed guitars and words just as sharp, the track is a powerful protest song, which may very well end up defining September Girls for the duration of their career. Nothing short of a triumph.

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