IRK: English Experimental/Noise Rock Trio Posts TechNoir Live Session Video; Second LP, The Seeing House, Out Now On Nefarious Industries + UK Dates Announced

photos by John Figler

UK-based IRK has just posted a TechNoir live video session which sees the band performing several tracks from their second LP, The Seeing House, out now on Nefarious Industries.

IRK vocalist J.S. Gordon, bassist Ed Snell, and drummer Matthew Deamer set up shop at Glide Studio in Leeds, UK, where The Seeing House was recorded, to film this live session. The TechNoir crew â John Figler (director, editor), Will Cook (recording, mixing, mastering), and Sam Price (filming, lighting) â films and records their sessions in various locations, and here, they captured IRK performing four songs from the LP in all their ravenous live glory.

J.S. Gordon reveals, âWeâve worked with John from TechNoir on more than a few occasions now, heâs basically the fourth member of IRK at this point. Heâs filmed live sessions like this one, filmed our first album launch show, and produced a heap of our music videos.

âItâs no surprise then to say that he has a really good grasp on what weâre trying to achieve musically. This makes him super adept at filtering our daft nonsense through his auteurial prism of cinephilia, antique film lenses from prewar Europe, and willingness to let us be idiots.

âCombining this close, even sensual, working relationship with the additional expertise from Sam and Will, we hatched an irrepressible plan to capture the energy of the new album in our very own space and pit of despair; Glide Studio in Leeds.

âThe end product captures the physicality of the performance, often passionate, occasionally erotic, and always rippling with the unique dynamism of three aging blokes playing weird music. The monochrome visually amplifies the musical contrast of the songs, cutting out excess aesthetic noise in favour of the auditory racket.

âHopefully it gives a little flavour of the live Irk experience and how it differs from the sound on record. If nothing else, we look cute.â

Check out IRKâs ripping TechNoir live video session now playing on YouTube RIGHT HERE.

IRK is booking dates in support of the album, announcing a stack of UK dates, with additional live excursions in the works for the Spring and Summer months.

IRK Live:
1/24/2026 Wharf Chambers â Leeds, UK
1/30/2026 JT Soar â Nottingham, UK
1/31/2026 CADS â Sheffield, UK
3/21/2026 The Globe â Glossop, UK
5/16/2026 Outpost â Liverpool, UK

The Seeing House sees IRK taking their rambunctious sound to even more explosive sonic territory. Ten tracks showcase the trioâs abrasive and rhythm-heavy sound, balancing the technical intensity of mathcore with the raw energy of noise rock to create a distinctive brand of angular, unpredictable music prime for fans of Chat Pile, Prostitute, The Jesus Lizard, Cherubs, These Arms Are Snakes, KEN Mode, and Meshuggah. The album was recorded, mixed, and produced by Andrew Edwards and Matthew Deamer at Glide Studio, mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege (The Armed, Locrian, Deadguy), and completed with cover art by Kazland, and design and layout by Greg Meisenberg.

IRKâs The Seeing House is out now in limited LP and CD pressings through Nefarious Industries where multiple videos from the album are playing HERE.

â…nothing shy of a crushing rhythmic excess… IRK conjure a bizarre and bewildering world of noise-drenched hostility… The unstable vocal lines continue this sense of comfortability and tension sending you on a downward spiral through mounting sonic pressure.â â Everything Is Noise

âThe sound is reminiscent of a flock of sheep cramming into a dilapidated stable, shoving and pushing each other as they seek refuge from the filth. It’s a chaotic scene filled with rats and cockroaches, held up by wet, rotting timber beams. Atop all this chaos is J.S. Gordon’s high-strung vocal fry, which makes him sound like an overworked dentist having a meltdown. This frantic energy is further amplified by stabs of guitar chords that emulate the sound of a dentist cranking down a patient’s chair in preparation for bicuspid torture.â â Heavy Blog Is Heavy

âAn admirable feature of this music is how the ugly low-end noise doesnât alienate the listener. Thereâs nothing dull or monotonous about this LP despite its simple setup. The bass ripples will cut into your chest if you get to close to the action in âLove Is A Windsockâ. And did Cop Shoot Cop ever sound as brutish as closing effort, âWedding, Berlinâ, or as bizarre?â â Scream Blast Repeat

ââ¦itâs very difficult to predict whatâs going to happen next. But that approach, in the end, is the surefire way to frighten listeners â and to keep those who revel in unpredictability throughout the record. The fear of the unknown will always trump the fear of what is to be expected, and by creating a record that never deviates from the former approach, IRK has presented us with a terrifying musical experience.â â Post-Trash

âThe Seeing House is what any experimental artist should aim for their creation to be; shocking, bizarre and endlessly creative. IRK have created something that is unmistakably them, whilst still seeing a progression in the ideas and sounds that could be found on their previous work. Whether you enjoy the work of The Dillinger Escape Plan, Meshuggah, or the Saw movies, youâve come to the right place. 9/10â â Out Of Rage

âIn IRKâs work there is none of the languor that might be taken as typical of noise rock even at its most ferocious, but a frenetic energy and an anxious tightness, even in tracksâ most sparse moments. Rhythmic complexity abounds (use of odd metres, jagged and complex rhythms, erratic rhythmic switch-ups), though this never undermines grooves but, in fact, often deepens them.â â Fecking Bahamas

ââ¦a kaleidoscopic collision of sounds, and one that sees the band building on their debut Recipes From The Bible with brilliantly forward thinking and caustic results.â â Echoes And Dust