The Irrepressibles
The Irrepressibles is a United Kingdom art-pop collective led by composer and musician Jamie McDermott, who is credited as Jamie Irrepressible. The group forms in 2003 and is active from 2002 to the present. It has one member listed as Jamie Irrepressible.
Releases and style
The group releases two full studio albums and five EPs. Its first studio album, Mirror Mirror, appears as a collection of 12 baroque pop songs written by McDermott and produced by Dimitri Tikovoi and William Turner Duffin. The album includes the single “In This Shirt”.
Mirror Mirror receives critical praise. The Guardian describes it as theatrical and different, while The Independent compares its sound to the Weimar Republic and la belle époque. “In This Shirt” gains wider attention after it is used in the soundtrack to the short film The Lady Is Dead by PAG Films.
Nude and related EPs
The second album, Nude, appears in 2012 and is self-produced by Jamie McDermott. It also receives strong reviews. The Quietus describes it as varied and unpredictable, and The Independent gives it four out of five stars.
In 2013 the group begins a run of three EPs based on and extending the album. Nude: Landscapes is the first of these and moves toward a minimal symphonic and acoustic direction. Nude: Viscera follows in 2014 and brings together new wave, grunge and exotica influences. A third EP, Nude: Forbidden, is listed as unreleased in the available information.
Collaborations and remixes
The Irrepressibles are remixed by Iamamiwhoami, Röyksopp, Hercules & Love Affair and Zero 7. Jamie McDermott also provides guest vocals on Rex The Dog’s “Do You Feel What I Feel” and on Röyksopp’s “Something in My Heart”, where he is credited as Jamie Irrepressible.
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