Sideproject is a Cork based post rock 5 piece which formed in early 2006.
The band has to date released two EPs 'Take Shelter From The Stars' and ‘Not Waving But Drowning’ both recorded by the fantastic Ross O Donovan in Data Studios.
Since its formation the band has also been fortunate enough to have shared the stage with/toured with superb acts such as;
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists (US)
God Is An Astronaut
Trans Am (US)
Rest
Tubelord (UK)
Blakfish (UK)
Cars In Walls (UK) (RIP)
Subplots
Delorentos
Fight Like Apes
Burn Us Both
Stanley Super 800
The band was also recently chosen to play at the Hard Working Class Heroes Festival 2008 along with acts such as Frightened Rabbit, Halves and Hooray for Humans.'Creative intelligence is something that the five-piece Sideproject have in abundance. 'This Morning I Fell Down and Look at What I Found' is a floating instrumental so groovy you don't miss the vocals. Vocalist Tom Kavanagh shows up for 'Outpatients' and takes us through a fine song above a sinuous shifting ryhthm and guitars that build up to a regular stormfest. 'And Each Flame Concealed A Sinner' is another instrumental also dominated by guitars, but is a heavier, more accented outing, with hints of prog rock in the arrangement, but without that genre's often pointless pomposity. We need more like them.' - Jackie Hayden, Hotpress 11/9/08
'Sideproject are giving it progressively experimental socks in ALT. The tracks we heard are, much like their fine recent EP, Not Waving But Drowning, gloom-laden with a heart.' - Johnnie Craig, State Magazine 17/9/08
'Not Waving But Drowning' picks up where their debut EP left off in early 2007 and once again find the group in fine form, weaving rich, delay-laden, snakes-and-ladder like guitar tapestries of post-rock beauty that calls to mind Unwed Sailor and Explosion in the Sky.' - Graham Lynch, Cork Independent 5/1/08
'Sideproject are fast becoming the most talked about rock act on the Leeside...a band which are sure to be one of the success stories of 2008.' - Nicola-Marie O' Riordan, Evening Echo 1/2/08
"With a distinct sound reminiscent of Biffy Clyro and Mogwai, the sheer power of their distorted guitar rock blows a considerable chunk of the audience away."- Ex2
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