THE Dublin band has opened for The Rolling Stones in Hyde Park, has a batch of Irish hit records, gigged their way from Dublin to Delhi to Durban via a killer set in Glastonbury and has collaborated with director Jim Sheridan on an update of The Commitments.
The Riptide Movement is a ‘can do’ outfit and musically upped their game on their 2013 album, ‘Getting Through’.
“It’s our first time working with a producer and the songs are monsters,” drummer Gar Byrne told Limerick Post at the recording of the hit album. “The first two records were recorded in a less formal fashion as live sessions. It is my first time using a click track, so it has been a learning experience.”
The band prepared under the watchful eye of producer Ted Hutt. He produced with Old Crow Medicine Show and Dropkick Murphys and was a founding member of Flogging Mollys.
“Ted Hutt has brought clarity, brought out all our strengths. He has made the songs so much more sculpted and stronger. Recording has been an amazing experience, he is particularly good at getting guitar sounds as witnessed by his work with Gaslight Anthem.”
The music of The Riptide Movement is bluesy and guitar driven, harking back to Canned Heat or early Fleetwood Mac with a strong batch of songs and a reputation as a quality live band.
It all seems an awfully long way since the days when The Riptide Movement used to keep the wolf from the door by busking on Grafton Street.
“We’d get there at six in the morning to secure our pitch outside Marks & Spencers,” singer and guitarist Mal Tuohy reminisces.
“One year we did the Oxegen festival on the Friday night, and were still on Grafton Street the next day to see the sun come up!”
The Riptide Movement plays Dolan’s Warehouse this Friday December 4.
