Unique Freaks (THEE U.F.O) release brand new single, Someone Special, Out Now!
Dublin Garage Psych duo Unique Freaks (aka THEE U.F.O) release a brand new single entitled Someone Special which is out today, Wednesday, May 21st. which is once again released through the bands own Gelatinous Records as a free Digital Download and will be available to stream on all the usual platforms from today.
Clocking in at just under 9 minutes, Someone special is taken from the upcoming new album which the band have just completed recording. The yet untitled album is the follow up album to last year's Beaming A Moment's Reflection which received numerous favourable reviews on release as well as making many end of year lists including Nialler 9's annual 50 best Irish albums of 2024 list. Expect album release dates very soon.
About Someone Special.
To be ‘Somebody Special’ is different for everyone. As a Kid I thought it was to be someone who was admired and cheered for. Getting older now I see how fickle that stuff is, in the end it doesn’t mean that much, being ‘Somebody Special’ to someone you love is much more important. The world is fucked and we’re all pretty helpless, All we can do is be good to each other, be good to the earth and hope for better days. Darragh Hansard
Someone Special is available to download for free from Gelatinous Records Bandcamp page Here
Boasting a more pronounced Krautrock influence, the Irish duo pair their infectious noise with groovier riffs, joyriding into oblivion. The Eisenberg Review
Unique Freaks have found themselves in a moment of blossoming, from their initial beginnings as an Industrial duo, then stumbling into their freak folk debut ‘Light Boat Drones’ and blasting into two complete psychedelic ear bleeders ‘Ponderous Fug’ & ‘Beaming A Moments Reflection’, both of which received critical acclaim.In the summer of 2024 the duo shifted directions, focusing on formulating shorter more concise songs which resulted in the ‘Glowing Friends’ EP, their first release as Unique Freaks. All this sonic shifting has finally jettisoned them into their latest project, A complete boiling pot of everything the Freaks have ingested, sonically, orally, visually, you name it. Though the new material takes on a POP approach in its production, the Freaks whimsical, and often vulnerable personalities bleed through, at times showing bare bone.
Throughout their time as Thee U.F.O the Freaks were seen playing live shows with the likes of Godcaster, Jim Jones All Stars, Meatbodies, Acid Mothers Temple, Cardinals, Search Results and many more national & international acts; as well as securing a spot at All Together Now 2023.
In September 2024 the duo debuted a new live line-up featuring two drummers and a psychedelic light show, They intend on making their live shows more overwhelming and bizarre.
