The Irrepressibles Announce Deluxe Album and New Pride Anthem “What I Am, Queer!”
Following the excellent reception of their fourth studio album Yo Homo!, a record hailed as “a milestone in queer indie rock” and “a love letter to the openness surrounding sexuality”, Jamie Irrepressible and his genre-defying project The Irrepressibles return with Yo Homo Deluxe, out 29th August 2025.
This new edition of Yo Homo! expands the sonic and emotional scope of what has already been called “one of the most innovative and influential albums of today’s landscape” (Rockerilla), adding new tracks and alternate versions that deepen the record’s radical celebration of queerness, sensuality, and emotional truth.
A bold new single for Pride Month.
The deluxe edition of Yo Homo! will be preceded by three brand-new singles. The first, What I Am, Queer!, out now, marks Pride Month. The track serves as a rallying cry for queer self-love and empathy. “It’s about the acceptance of the truth,” says Jamie. “A call for a future beyond tolerance, where empathy and compassion are the answer. As the song says, it’s time we all see that freedom is for everyone.”
Written, composed, and produced by Jamie Irrepressible, Yo Homo! marked a bold shift in tone for The Irrepressibles, one that fused erotic energy with symphonic beauty and punk-rooted fire. “I wanted to make a record specifically for the queer community,” Jamie explains, “to create a safe space where people feel they are being expressed.”
Building on earlier works like In This Shirt and Two Men In Love, this new era is more direct, more sexual, and more urgent than ever. Songs like Ecstasy Homosexuality, Be Wild, and Will You channel raw desire and emotional honesty into music that spans indie rock, post-punk, chamber pop, and queer nightlife soundscapes.
The critics agree.
Kaltblut Magazine says, “Buckle up, because The Irrepressibles are back and bolder than ever.” The Guardian noted how the music “pairs desire to alt-rock swagger,” and Louder Than War found that “the album proves the man has an outrageous talent not limited in any way to a particular style or genre.” Similarly, Wonderland called it a “bold and emotionally charged… potent and poignant release from impressive act The Irrepressibles.” And, of course, DNA loved it, too, with Marc Andrews writing, “Edgy, inventive and a major gay release… Yo Homo! Is most certainly queer indie rock with an unquestionably sexy bite.”
Yo Homo Deluxe is not just a collection of songs, it’s a cultural intervention, a queer sound world of bold self-expression, crafted with artistry, intelligence, and love.
About The Irrepressibles.
The Irrepressibles is the creative project of Jamie Irrepressible, a composer, vocalist, producer, and visual conceptualist renowned for blending emotionally charged performance with genre-defying sound. Since its inception, The Irrepressibles has become a defining voice in queer music, art pop, and alternative performance.
Debuting in 2010 with the cult baroque-pop album Mirror Mirror, featuring the viral global hit In This Shirt (now streamed over 250 million times and featured in multiple international film and TV placements), The Irrepressibles quickly established a reputation for cinematic beauty and emotional depth. Jamie’s fearless expression of queer identity through both music and performance has since inspired a passionate global following and widespread critical acclaim.
Follow-up releases like Nude (2012) and Superheroes (2020) further showcased Jamie’s gift for marrying tenderness with grandeur, often weaving classical instrumentation with experimental electronics, intimate lyricism, and striking visual art. With 2024’s Yo Homo!, Jamie ushered in a bold new chapter: visceral, sexually candid, emotionally raw, and sonically adventurous. The record merges punk energy, orchestral beauty, and queer liberation into an electrifying sound world described by The Guardian as “desire paired with alt-rock swagger.”
Other Irrepressibles landmarks include 2010’s ten-minute remix of In This Shirt by Norwegian dance doyens Röyksopp (as well as Hercules & Love Affair and Zero 7 mixes). Jamie would subsequently front 5 tracks on their Inevitable End album as well as 3 on their Profound Mysteries album series of 2022, the year before he collaborated with Dutch progressive dance duo Tinlicker’s single You Take My Hand and album track I Am Free. The Irrepressibles has performed sold-out shows at venues including Barbican Centre, Royal Festival Hall, and major festivals such as Latitude.
