CPI Archive: 2008
Early in 2008, Andrew Hamilton spoke to Paddy Hanna from up and coming Irish indie band, Grand Pocket Orchestra.
IF all philosophical arguments were solved through the medium of thumb-wars, the battle between Alexey Pajitnov and Paddy Hanna would be the pollex-grudge-match of the century. Imagine the scene: Pajitnov, sat in the very red corner, removes his ushanka and strokes his gristly beard thoughtfully. In the slightly green corner, Hanna is looking confused; confused and liking it. On one side, a Soviet inventor who used his love of order and all things rational to bring Tetris to the world. On the other, a musician who, along with his band, looked confusion square in the face and decided it really didn’t look that bad after all. It’s all happened very quickly for Grand Pocket Orchestra. Having first come to notice at last year’s Working Class Heroes, the Dublin four-piece have started to carve out a home for themselves in Ireland’s emerging indie-electronic scene. Last Friday saw the release of their debut EP, Odd Socks. Sounding angry, happy, sad and enthusiastic, the aim is to be amusing and entertaining in equal measure. “Our EP, well as far as I know, is all about confusion and fear, but expressed in a happy way. It’s kind of like pulp philosophising really - everyone is happy but we are all very confused ultimately," said Paddy.
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