Trist

Trist have recorded their new single 'Fear' which will be available in may 2010.Live performances will commence in may also. Currently relocated to Dublin from his native Northern Ireland, singer/ songwriter Conor Breen is clearly a man of refinement and taste where writing killer pop-punk tunes with introspective leanings are concerned. TRIST'S debut album "Sounds Like Apocalypse" is positively chocka with the little beggars and it's a well-played, well-produced affair with beautifully-realised seething melodies going off all over the shop and Breen's commanding vocal (which has the odd falsetto flight of fancy without sounding horribly derivative) comfortably edging into the limelight. Virtually all these 12 songs would sound good barrelling out of the radio and this album suggests this band's currently little-known status won't stay that way for long. "Sounds Like Apocalypse" was recorded in Newry, Co.Down, but while that might conjure visions of near-neighbours Ash, Trist actually remind this writer more of another (under-rated) Irish band, Wilt, more often than not. That band had a similar way with cauterising guitars and catchy melodies, and Breen's often intimate lyrical musings provide an effective counterpoint in the same way Cormac Battle's did. Which is not to say Trist are anything but their own band: a fact that "Sounds Like Apocalypse" reminds us of over and again. Opener "Piece Of You" immediately grabs you attention with its' driving guitars and powerful rhythm and sets the tone well for the remainder.