Listen: Girl Band – “Lawman”

Dublin noise quartet Girl Band unleash a sprawling, six-minute beast of a song in “Lawman”. Oh, and they’re not girls.

In early 2013, the band’s barmy-but-brilliant cover of Blawan’s “Why They Hide Their Bodies Under My Garage” chomped down on the original’s techno beats and spat it out as a new creation. The band’s new “anti single” has the same beating heart at its core, paired with industrial stomp and dissonant guitars that meet in a dirty cacophony of sound.

The track builds slowly amid schoolboy vocals (“I used to be good-looking”) and bolstering high-hats. It’s anyone’s guess what effects are used or where the boys draw their inspiration from, but they clearly value channelling energy into every available nook. By its nature “Lawman” will likely split opinion, and that’s part of its charm.

Catch Girl Band at Green Store Door, Brighton on 15 January and free at the Old Blue Last, London on 23 January.