The Prongs, the world’s greatest fictional post-punk pop group, play an all-ages afternoon show at the Alternative Sunday Social Club in The Grand Social on November 17th.
Last year, The Prongs emerged from the pages of John Fleming’s cult novel, The Now Now Express, to conquer theatrical venues and rock bars in their native Ireland as well as cultural centres abroad. The BBC’s Gideon Coe revealed them as his firm fave with multiple airplays. Psychogeography develops the striking essence the band first revealed on 2023’s Theme from The Now Now Express CD. Niall Toner Jr’s delicate musical artistry and John Fleming’s lean literate lyrics fuse yet again into this work of elevated new wave / post-punk pop culture. Psychogeography is a stunning signpost to the next project by The Prongs: a full- length feature film.
Accolades for The Prongs: Theme Music from The Now Now. “Sophisticated melancholy… glimmers of dissatisfied vitriol… strident, slinky rock… deliciously unsettling” – The Irish Times
“Explore the magical world of The Prongs” – The Goo magazine
See also John Fleming’s cult novel “Well-honed, insightful… Fleming has a lovely turn of phrase” – The Irish Independent)
Lords of the Dublin lit-music underground The Prongs are John Fleming (words and voice) & Niall Toner Jr (music).
Check out The Prongs on YouTube, Bandcamp and streaming platforms.
About the Alternative Sunday Social Club
The Alternative Sunday Social Club was created so that music fans can enjoy some top tunes on the last afternoon of the weekend. Since we launched at the beginning of 2015 we’ve hosted gigs by The 4 of Us, Rocky DeValera (front man of legendry Dublin bands The Gravediggers and The Rhythm Kings), The Business, Brush Shield’s Skid Row, Trouble Pilgrims (formerly The Radiators from Space), Vulpynes, The Lookalikes, Jazzabelles, Duncan Maitland, The Thrash Blues, Eileen Gogan and the Instructions, The Winters, TV Smith (The Adverts), Strand, Mike Brookfield, Protex, Niall Toner, Full Circle and The Outcasts. We’ve had music from right across the spectrum with rock, guitar pop, punk, Americana, blues and ska and we’ve grown our crowd by word of mouth with all ages dropping by on Sunday afternoons. For the band they get the kick of their early live shows, and the audience gets to enjoy the music and the musician up-close and personal. It’s cheap, cheerful and above all fun for everybody who comes along. This isn’t thousands of people in a converted warehouse; this is dozens of people enjoying music the way it was meant to be seen and heard.
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The Prongs
Sunday, November 17th Doors 4.00pm Tickets €15.00
Advance tickets available from Universe: https://tinyurl.com/ys9acnup
The Grand Social, 35 Liffey Street Lower, Dublin 1
Phone: (01) 677 1224 Email: info@thegrandsocial.ie www.thegrandsocial.ie