Wicklow’s own shiny, happy Hybrasil are probably a wee bit quiet today, having just announced that founding member Nipper Kinsella has officially left the band, bringing the remaining members to a four-piece. When pressed for a reason, Hybrasil were keen to point out that this was no hookers-in-Malibu, water-plane, hunt for Incan gold type of band-member departure but that Nipper had simply “tired of lifting amps up and down stairs at four in the morning, tired of giving up weeknights to go up and jam and probably tired of listening to the rest of us and our drunken antics“. All the best, Nipper!

Last Sunday saw their first gig without their bassist and plenty of activity looks set for coming months as focus shifts to internationally releasing their excellent debut The Monkey Pole. A European extreme sports programme Ex-Tube is providing valuable coverage by featuring several album tracks on its twice-daily digital show on channel 419. Expect to hear more of Hybrasil when they participate in Amnesty’s upcoming Voice Our Concern schools’ outreach campaign.

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