The Atrix

The Atrix came out of the same Dublin theatre/cabaret scene as Jim Sheridan, The Radiators, Neil Jordan, Agnes Bernelle, Liam Neeson, Daniel Day Lewis, Peter Sheridan and The Virgin Prunes. At one point they and U2 were the only game in town, though they perhaps sound more like XTC might if they came from Dublin rather than Swindon and had grown up with Irish music hall stars on the radio.

They went on to make a few more singles and an album Procession but this, their debut single, captures their eccentricity better than the rest of their output. A fitting memorial to their free-spirited singer/guitarist John Borrowman, who died.

The Atrix – The Moon Is Puce

The Moon Is Puce/Wendy’s In Amsterdam (Mulligan 1979) and produced by Phil Chevron