Giving us some Lip

Lipfloater underline their next big thing credentials when they descend on The King's, Waterford (April 21); High Stool, Limerick (22); The Old Oak, Cork (23); Magabhan's, Clonmel (24); The Stables, Mullingar (25); O'Shea's, Tramore (26); and the Village, Dublin (27).

Operating out of Boston, the quartet are fronted by ex-pat Dubliner Barry Kelly who's served time with The Rosalyns and Planett Fudge.

The jaunt coincides with the release of a five-track EP which includes a stonking cover of The Cure's 'Jumping Someone Else's Train' and explains why they were recently invited to open for The Strokes.