Electro-indie band The Manhattan Syndrome release their debut album Goodbye Iowa on 10 April 2020, available to stream or buy directly on Bandcamp. 

The Manhattan Syndrome is an Irish five-piece indie-pop band known for crafting contrasts: richly textured soundscapes around an emotional core in single ‘Keepsake’, the gentle piano over thumping tom-heavy drums of ‘The One Thing That Won’t Go Away’, the gradual interlocking of patterns in ‘Syzygy’ and the brute-force riffs of ‘Nova Scotia’. Goodbye Iowa is a force captured in slow motion, a tide-like pulsing of nostalgia, regret and optimism.

Recorded in Dublin’s Westland Studios, the album was the culmination of years of intense writing, recording and producing, following the release of the band’s debut EP And We Left It Behind. Featuring guest vocals from Valerie Francis.

Links:

Buy directly from Bandcamp: https://themanhattansyndrome.bandcamp.com/album/goodbye-iowa 
Spotify: https://bit.ly/goodbyeiowa 
iTunes/Apple Music: https://bit.ly/applegiowa 
YouTube: https://bit.ly/ytgiowa 

Recorded/mixed/produced at Westland Studios by Alwyn Walker. 
Mastered by Aiden Foley at Masterlabs. 
Artwork by Anna Murray/Pearse Healy.

Press for The Manhattan Syndrome:

‘With this impressive debut offering, the band show that it is possible to move any music fan with just four hard-hitting and emotional tracks.’ – Claire Kane, Goldenplec

‘The Manhattan Syndrome are special. From the opening strains of the first song on their debut EP, you sense this is something that you can connect with, something you can feel.’ – Eoghan O’Sullivan, The Point of Everything

‘The album’s lead single “Keepsake” a serene, expansively textured piece centred around a dual vocal and surrounded by weaving brass harmony. An evocative and stylish introduction to its parent record, the song is a confident affirmation of the Manhattan Syndrome’s sound ahead of Goodbye Iowa’s release.’ – Stephen White, The Last Mixed Tape