Video: Cast of Cheers - Animals in session on BBC Radio 1

Time for the second part of our rundown of those albums making an early impression on the State team in 2012 and, as ever, it features music from across the stylistic board - including an appearance from one of the most talked about Irish acts of the past few years. 20. Sharon Van Etten - Tramp Guest heavy third album from the New York singer songwriter more than outweighs the sum of its parts. 19. Tindersticks - The [...]

Think Foals with a dash of Bloc Party and you have The Cast of Cheers. No, not Ted Danson, Kirstie Alley, Kelsey Grammer, Shelley Long & John Ratzenberger as Google would have you believe , rather a band fresh out of Ireland. They're hitting up Splendour this year so be sure to check them out before they well and truly explode!

The Cast Of Cheers have been busy prepping their second album (and first album to be released through normal channels) Family for release on June 15th on School Boy Error/ Co-operative Music. Now based in London, the band have visited Maida Vale for a BBC Session (watch those below), have been touring the UK with buzz band Theme Park and they released the stop-start motion video for 'Family' . Tracklisting for the album is below but in the meantime, have a listen to 'Animals' the album's second single. [...]