The Irrepressibles
| The Irrepressibles | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Scarborough, North Yorkshire, UK |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Labels | OND Recordings |
| Website | the--irrepressibles |
| Members | Jamie Irrepressible Sarah Kershaw Chloe Treacher Ollie Hipkin |
| Past members | Jamil Reyes (a.k.a. Jams) Apollo Ian Tripp Charlie Stock Jordan Hunt Sophie Li James Field Nicole Robson Helen White (a.k.a. Hazlitt) Allan Bradbury Anja McCloskey Andy Harris Peter Mills Craig White Rosie Reed Anna Westlake Amy Kelly |
The Irrepressibles is an art pop collective founded and led by composer and musician Jamie Irrepressible (f.k.a. Jamie McDermott).
Created in 2002, the band have released two full studio albums to date and 6 EPs. All songs are written by Jamie Irrepressible, who describes them as autobiographical. The name The Irrepressibles is "about breaking boundaries in music and being honest about being gay in music." Based in London, England for many years, the band is currently based in Berlin, Germany. Jamie changed his name from 'Jamie McDermott' to 'Jamie Irrepressible' in 2013, on his collaboration with Norwegian electronic duo Röyksopp.
On January 11, 2010, The Irrepressibles released their debut studio album, Mirror Mirror, a collection of 12 baroque pop songs produced by Dimitri Tikovoi and William Turner Duffin, and written by Jamie McDermott. The album features the single "In This Shirt".
Mirror Mirror received critical acclaim. The Guardian called it "theatrical and very different, a ripe, colourful riposte to all that is Cowell" and The Independent described it as "a dramatic soundscape dripping with echoes of the Weimar Republic and la belle époque."
"In This Shirt" garnered critical and public acclaim after it was used as the soundtrack for short film, The Lady Is Dead, by Israeli production company PAG Films, described by Sundance Channel as "fantastic".
In November 2012, The Irrepressibles released their second album, Nude. Self-produced by Jamie McDermott, the album similarly received critical acclaim. The Quietus described it as a "remarkably varied and unpredictable album" stating that "the results border on the spectacular".The Independent gave it 4 out of 5 stars, calling it "an act of bravery in a cowardly world" and "swaddled in the most beautiful musical finery".
2013 saw the release of Nude : Landscapes, the first of three EPs inspired by - and expanding on - the band's second album. This first EP saw the band take a "minimal symphonic" and "acoustic" direction, as described by McDermott in an interview with QX Magazine. The second EP, Nude : Viscera, released on February 14, 2014, "brings together influences from New Wave, Grunge, and Exotica". The third EP, Nude : Forbidden, was released on April 6, 2014.
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