New band of the day – IROK (No 1,387)

These space cadets promise Afro-futurist anthems, but their mundane rave-rock fails to blast you into another dimensionReading on mobile? Click hereHometown: London.The lineup: Mike Title (vocals, ideas) and assorted IROK-ies.The background: IROK stands for the Intergalactic Republic of Kongo, which if we've read all the bumpf right – and there's as much bumpf on IROK as there is music by them – is about African pop in outer space, or something. It would seem they are taking the idea of Afro...

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