Hybrasil formed when five friends from the small seaside town of Wicklow, Ireland, built a homemade studio and spent six months working on demos that they passed out to their friends and anyone else that would listen. In 2005 the band was selected for the IMRO Showcase, Bud Rising Festival and Hard Working Class Heroes Festival. A number of high profile gigs also ,followed supporting such acts as Republic Of Loose, Idlewild and The Chalets, whilst they also opened for legendary Liverpool act The La’s, for their first gig in over a decade.
Hybrasil’s debut EP/single We Got Music, was released nationally in September 2005 and debuted at #43 in the Irish charts despite receiving only a limited release. The single attracted the band prominent admirers in Ireland such as 2FM’s Dan Hegarty and Larry Gogan as well as a host of regional radio stations such as Beat Fm, Limerick Live and Red FM. Today FM’s Tom Dunne also chose the EP as his ‘Single of the Week’ for his show Pet Sounds. The single also received a limited release in the UK, Germany and Japan in February 2006, and the band went on a national tour of the UK with The Frank And Walters and Les Carter’s latest musical project: IDOU. We Got Music debuted at #29 on the college airplay charts and was supported by a host of deejays that included such names as Clint Boon, Laurence Guest and Linda Serck.
Hybrasil released their follow-up EP, When I’m Yawning, in August, with an accompanying video that continues to receive airplay on Irish television. They also embarked on their most extensive tour of Ireland to date, in addition to adding a handful of dates in the UK over the course of the following months. The band made its live television debut on the RTÉ’s Tubridy Tonight Show in September.
