Paranoid Visions - Rebellion (2017)

Never ones to play by the rules, Dublin’s Paranoid Visions continue their run of annual album releases alternating between themselves and their alter ego Steve Ignorant with Paranoid Visions. Last year’s release “Now and Then..!” with the Crass singer onboard entered the Irish charts at number 6! And like the previous years “Cryptic Cross Words” received rave reviews and a great deal of critical acclaim.

This year’s release started life as a single, then became an e.p, then became a 12″ single whereupon the band elected to add 5 bonus tracks onto side two and create a hybrid ep / lp release!

Pressed on beautiful pink vinyl and featuring a Lowry-inspired painting of the band outside the Wintergarden in Blackpool the home of the annual Rebellion festival the ep tracks have gathered a huge reaction at live shows showing the band are still gathering ideas, improving and are enjoying their 35-year overnight success.

As ever the lyrics are hard hitting and varied, penned by Deko, one if the most prolific writers in Irish literary history, but this time topics are even more diverse.