What I know about Toronto, Ontario’s IRN you could just about fit in your left shoe — open-toed, because all knowledge that goes into my brain subsequently leaks out from it — but I know their new self-titled two-song EP sounds absolutely F-I-L-T-H-Y, and I know it’s out on tape now through cassette cultists Breathe Plastic, so not nothing at all. The tracks should appeal to anyone who’s worshiped at the altar of Thou‘s atmosphere-via-skin-peel scathe, and the rawness is especially primal and especially satisfying for that. It’s good to know that as the heavy underground floods with neo-progressive rock bands and psychedelic whatnot (nothing against either), there’s an equal and opposite reaction of sheer wretchedness taking place concurrently. They play both kinds of sludge: brutal and unsettling.

I’m sure you’re already hip to them, because you’re like that, but they’ve been around since 2012, and if you’re feeling brave, their Bandcamp is linked below, as is that of Breathe Plastic, whose announcement follows:

Formed in Toronto in 2012 with the idea of creating diseased & brooding music, IRN have been actively releasing material since their formation and have toured Canada extensively.

Their new EP consists of two songs, just shy of 23 minutes. Its atmosphere is set from the second it starts and does not let go until the bitter end. Although IRN can be described as being influenced by Noothgrush, Corrupted, Iron Monkey & Grief, they take an extra step in sculpting their anxieties, making this EP, much like their previous releases, a uniquely sounding piece of miserable music.

For lovers of both 90s sludge and fans of “the new shape of sludge that came”.

EP is due July 1st. Tapes by Breathe Plastic, tapes come in a white slipcase, with hotfoil printing. First 15 orders receive an IRN patch

LP via Rope or Guillotine (Europe), Bad Moon Rising ???? (Asia) & Craniophagus Parasiticus (North America) and will be rendered in 140g black vinyl, with amazing artwork by Yannis Panos.

Tracklisting:
1. Blood Seeping From Your Eyes 10:45
2. Forever Miserable 11:41

https://www.facebook.com/IRNDOOM
https://www.instagram.com/irndoom/
https://ir-n.bandcamp.com/
http://www.facebook.com/breatheplastic
https://breatheplastic.bandcamp.com/
https://tapes.breathe-plastic.org/

Irn, Irn (2020)