The Entertainment

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Formed in Galway City, Ireland James McGregor (vocals/ guitar), Sean Connelly
(guitar) and Damian Greaney (drums) went to school together there and met Tom
Freeman (bass) on the music scene. Relocating to London in 2019, the quartet
signed to Alan McGee’s new record label ‘Creation23’ almost overnight. They have
since impressed audiences across Europe with live performances at festivals
including Rock Werchter, Eurosonic and Electric Picnic, performing to a huge crowd at
Sefton Park in Liverpool in support of Kings of Leon, as well as a head- turning
televised appearance on Sky 1’s Soccer AM. Media have been quick to show their
support too plus previous singles, taken from their 2023 debut “Exit Strategy” received
praise on BBC Radio 1’s Annie Mac on her “New Names” showcase, BBC 6 Music’s
Steve Lamacq on his ‘Recommends’ show, received day-time radio play on RTE 2FM,
and impressed the legendary Rodney Bingenheimer on Sirius XM. The four-piece are
drawn together by not only a mutual appreciation of music past and present but also a
love of films and books, notably the ones on the more ‘noir’ side of the spectrum. You
could say Arctic Monkeys got them into a band, The Strokes showed them how tightly
you could distil it and Radiohead showed them how wide you could take it. But these
days there not afraid to also put Billie Eilish and Charlie XCX into that mixture and
films from director Fellini to “Drive”. What matters is that from starting out playing
acoustic folk, that turned into 3 minute (post-)punkish songs, they now have expanded
a lot from there, taking in all the experience they have now recording and touring.
Pushing the emotion by being authentic and creating what you really want despite the
noise and haste around you.