EARMILK EARMILK
  • NEW MUSIC
    • DANCE
    • ELECTRONIC
    • EXPERIMENTAL
    • HIP-HOP
    • INDIE
    • POP
    • ROCK
  • INDUSTRY NEWS
    • DOCUMENTARIES
    • EVENTS
    • FASHION
    • LIFESTYLE
    • MUSIC GEAR
    • MUSIC INDUSTRY
    • TECHNOLOGY
  • OPINION
  • ALBUM REVIEWS
  • GEAR REVIEWS
  • INTERVIEWS
  • FEATURES
    • FESTIVALS
    • EXCLUSIVES
    • LISTS
    • CONTESTS
    • Photo Journals
  • SERIES
    • Artist to Watch
    • Under The Crust
    • Flashback Friday
    • Suicide Sundaes
    • Daily 2%
    • The Club
    • Weekend Selector
    • Mashup Mondays
    • Artist Remixed
    • Wobble Wednesday
    • Night Rumours
    • Indie Sabbath
    • Straight No Chase
    • Straight From the Teet
  • Jobs
  • About EARMILK
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact Us
  • Submit Music
EARMILK EARMILK
EARMILK EARMILK
  • NEW MUSIC
    • DANCE
    • ELECTRONIC
    • EXPERIMENTAL
    • HIP-HOP
    • INDIE
    • POP
    • ROCK
  • INDUSTRY NEWS
    • DOCUMENTARIES
    • EVENTS
    • FASHION
    • LIFESTYLE
    • MUSIC GEAR
    • MUSIC INDUSTRY
    • TECHNOLOGY
  • OPINION
  • ALBUM REVIEWS
  • GEAR REVIEWS
  • INTERVIEWS
  • FEATURES
    • FESTIVALS
    • EXCLUSIVES
    • LISTS
    • CONTESTS
    • Photo Journals
  • SERIES
    • Artist to Watch
    • Under The Crust
    • Flashback Friday
    • Suicide Sundaes
    • Daily 2%
    • The Club
    • Weekend Selector
    • Mashup Mondays
    • Artist Remixed
    • Wobble Wednesday
    • Night Rumours
    • Indie Sabbath
    • Straight No Chase
    • Straight From the Teet
  • Indie
  • Indie Rock

That’s the ‘Community Spirit’ – The Academic release new EP

  • July 17, 2021
  • Sienna Estrada
Total
0
Shares
0
0

From Ireland, indie-rock band The Academic is built up of lifelong friends Craig Fitzgerald, Dean Gavin, Matthew and Stephen Murtagh. They made a name for themselves opening for The Strokes and Catfish and the Bottlemen (one can hear the resemblance). Now, they release the self-produced, gleaming Community Spirit EP.

It’s hard not to fall in love with at least a couple of these tracks. The album flows together so seamlessly, each carrying a similar storytelling vibe behind it, that if you like one, you’ll have to like the next.

Notable tracks like “I Don’t See Good” have a brooding atmosphere with edgy '00s vocals, single-hitting guitar strums, and slow, heavy drums. The underlying production carries a multi-layered haunting feel behind it, which is something not heard often throughout modern alt-rock. “Not Your Summer” and “Smart Mouth” immediately pull the listener in with beaming and feisty guitar riffs. “Kids (Don’t End Up Like Me)” feature bumping drums and anthemic melodies to deliver a rebellious coming-of-age montage. That’s how this EP sounds, in general — free-spirited and playful, but also highly mature and sincere at the same time.

The Academic is finally jumping back on the road, embarking on a tour around the UK next year. To whoever is able to score some tickets while you can, it’ll be worthwhile joining the community spirit that the band has so well crafted, especially since they're on the fast trajectory for major stadium headlining very soon.

Connect with The Academic: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | YouTube | Spotify

Total
0
Shares
Share 0
Tweet 0
Share 0
Share 0
Related Topics
  • Community Spirit
  • indie rock
  • Rock
  • The Academic
Sienna Estrada

Previous Article
  • Mainstage
  • Music Videos
  • Premiere
  • R&B
  • Soul

BJRNCK yearns for something deeper in her visual for "Thug Cry" [Premiere]

  • July 16, 2021
  • Rasheed Tulay
View Article
Next Article
  • Acid
  • Dance
  • Electro
  • Garage House (Dance)
  • House
  • Rave
  • Techno

95Bones showcases a brilliant electronic range on latest EP, 'BAM003'

  • July 17, 2021
  • Beth Taylor
View Article
You May Also Like
Jermaine Mickey
View Article
  • Indie
  • Pop
  • R&B

Jermaine Mickey returns with “All This Love”

  • July 8, 2025
STORRY
View Article
  • Alt-Pop
  • Indie
  • Pop

STORRY Flips Pop Expectations with Quirky Swagger on "Bum Bum" [Premiere]

  • July 8, 2025
View Article
  • Dance
  • Electro
  • Experimental
  • Indie
  • Indie Dance
  • Indie Rock
  • Industrial
  • New Music

Ashnymph’s debut single “Saltspreader” is a glitch-pop gut punch

  • July 8, 2025
View Article
  • Indie
  • Pop

Ines Rae’s Pretty Girls Scare Me Explores Isolation and Self-Worth with Poise

  • July 8, 2025
View Article
  • Punk

Kitchen Lover taps into a spiralling sense of chaos on "Oregano Ricardo"

  • July 7, 2025
vermatics
View Article
  • Indie
  • Indie Rock

Vermantics return with an authentic sound of Melbourne's rock dynasty on "The Pictures You Paint"

  • July 7, 2025
JMT
View Article
  • Electronic
  • Indie
  • Mainstage
  • Pop
  • R&B

JMT & Daniel Hex collide genres in Detroit-born banger 'Yes, I Can'

  • July 7, 2025
Abigail Fierce
View Article
  • Indie
  • Mainstage
  • Pop

Abigail Fierce lights a match to the past in fiery new single “14 Cigarettes”

  • July 7, 2025
Popular Music
  • Jermaine Mickey
    Jermaine Mickey returns with “All This Love”
    • July 8, 2025
  • Doomsdaycult entices you into his dystopian world on emphatic new anthem "Welcome to the Afterlife"
    • July 8, 2025
  • Brent Faiyaz
    Brent Faiyaz dreams of neverland on "Peter Pan."
    • July 7, 2025
  • Takeda shares poetic and energetic track "Sugar Mountain"
    • July 7, 2025
  • Kitchen Lover taps into a spiralling sense of chaos on "Oregano Ricardo"
    • July 7, 2025
Recent Scoops
  • Jay Tone is carving out his space with "Puzzles"
    • July 7, 2025
  • Matt Oakley is redefining country music with heart, soul and modernity
    • May 5, 2025
  • Texas’ Blacktop Mojo does rock music the way it should be done
    • April 29, 2025
  • Tha Rapper Haiti blends authentic style with musical passion
    • April 28, 2025
Community Voices
  • From Machismo To Mujeres: Women As The Face Of Reggaeton
    • July 14, 2022
  • Tyler the creator
    4 things I learned on the 'Call Me If You Get Lost' tour
    • March 31, 2022
  • 4 things every artist needs to think about in 2022
    • January 27, 2022
  • The TikTok Takeover of Hip-Hop
    • January 11, 2022

EARMILK EARMILK
  • Jobs
  • About EARMILK
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact Us
  • Submit Music
All Milk. No Duds.

Input your search keywords and press Enter.