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Album Review: Delusions of Grandeur is a fine debut from Irish noise-poppers Thumper

Amidst a noise driven by two drummers, Thumper have managed to create an album that's arresting and innovative

Album Review: Delusions of Grandeur is a fine debut from Irish noise-poppers Thumper — Thumper — whose members are from Dublin, Cork, Dundalk, Limerick, and elsewhere — achieve a zen-like euphoria on 'Delusions of grandeur'. Picture: Ruth Medjber

Thu, 17 Mar, 2022 - 21:30

Ed Power

★★★★☆

The effervescent punk-pop cranked out by Dublin’s Thumper is super-charged with contradictions.

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