REVELINO: “Revelino” (Dirt Records)

WITH IT’S icy-blue, minimalist sleeve-artwork surrounding thirteen mainly sub three-minute ditties, Revelino have produced an album of tuneful, guitar-driven pop with enough hooks, licks and grooves to mark them out as instant contenders. A new Dublin combo, risen from the ashes of The Coletranes, Revelino will simultaneously make their live debut with the release of this eponymously-titled gem. If they can cut it on stage as well as they do in the studio, they’ll have little to fear.

A host of influences permeates but doesn’t dominate their sublime tapestry and there are distinct echoes of The Beatles, Murmur-era REM, (esp ‘Taking Turns’), classic Brit-pop à la Kinks and Squeeze with a nod towards The Byrds and Beach Boys in the jangly department. Ultimately though, it’s the sheer sonic urgency that impresses most — the album was recorded in just ten days, the band obviously confident in their ability to make a record on instinct.