The Irrepressibles
The music project of Jamie Irrepressible, blending orchestral pop, indie rock and electronica with songs and films about queer love, desire and identity.
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Overview
- Led by
- Jamie Irrepressible, also known as Jamie McDermott
- Started
- 2002; a new orchestral incarnation followed in 2005
- Based in
- Manchester, United Kingdom
- Work
- Songwriting, composition, vocals, production and visual concepts
- Breakout
- In This Shirt, from the debut album Mirror Mirror (2010)
Mini bio
How it started.
Jamie grew up in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. After playing in rock bands and spending time on London’s acoustic scene, he wanted more instruments to carry the emotion in his songs. The first Irrepressibles band began in 2002. In 2005 he assembled another version, with a larger orchestral palette, after placing an advert for musicians.
Finding their audience.
Mirror Mirror arrived in 2010, introducing the project’s orchestral sound and its best-known song, “In This Shirt”. Nude followed in 2012. Jamie described that second album as a way of telling his story as a gay man, bringing electronica into the world he had built on the debut.
Desire and community.
Superheroes followed in 2020, before Yo Homo! in 2024 brought distorted guitars and a more direct focus on queer desire. In 2025 Jamie expanded Yo Homo! with additional tracks and revised versions. Across the records, he treats genre as a way to express different emotions, from orchestral sorrow to visceral rock.
Beyond the project.
Jamie has also collaborated as a vocalist with Röyksopp, ionnalee and Tinlicker. His Röyksopp collaboration “Something in My Heart” was released in 2013 under the name Jamie Irrepressible.
Creditschronological, newest first
The Irrepressibles releases
- 2025Yo Homo (Deluxe)Artist
- 2021Superheroes (Deluxe Edition)Artist
- 2012NudeArtist
- 2010Mirror MirrorArtist
Jamie’s collaborations
- 2013Röyksopp: Something in My HeartFeatured vocalist as Jamie Irrepressible
Awards
Quotes
My aim is to be part of the message.Jamie Irrepressible, Numéro Berlin
On the future he wants for queer art and expression. https://www.numeroberlin.de/2025/08/weekend-music-pt-64-in-conversation-with-the-irrepressibles/
Trivia
- Jamie is not formally trained as a composer. He told The Quietus he would listen to unfamiliar instruments, then sing parts to work out arrangements.
- After the first band ended, Jamie worked on a performance choir before putting together the next incarnation of The Irrepressibles.
- Before the deluxe Yo Homo release went onto CD, Jamie took the opportunity to revise tracks from its original digital edition.
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