Wednesday

The fiercely independent debut album from the Dundalk quintet is a brilliant, terrifyingly atmospheric collision of trip-hop rhythms, industrial noise, and classic 90s shoegaze. The incredibly dark record relies on immense, grinding basslines and deeply unsettling, dissonant guitar screeches that contrast sharply against Katie Ball's gorgeously ethereal, whispered vocals. It established the Irish band as an exciting, uniquely menacing new force in alternative rock.