“I’m absolutely obsessed”
Gemma Bradley, BBC ATL
“Earnest songwriting teamed with bright, hazy guitar refrains”
Indie Buddie
Dylan Flynn and the Dead Poets make songs that come from the heart. The Limerick group are aiming for pure communication – surging Indie-Rock that comes with a pop openness, their widescreen yet down-to-earth musicality has a viral appeal, yet remains DIY in origin.
2023 saw the band self-produce and release their debut album and take on their biggest shows to date – packing and selling-out rooms across the UK and Ireland. 1,000,000 streams later, support slots with the likes of NewDad and Kingfishr, and continuous radio support in the UK and Ireland, has shown that these lads are one’s to watch for 2024.
At times they recall the buster of The War On Drugs, or the vitality carried by Gang Of Youths; there’s a nod to Radiohead’s raw emotion, or Springsteen’s surging passion – with their songs speaking to twenty-somethings living in a country that completely ignores them.
Part of a wave of energy within Irish music, the band have been nurtured within a close-knit creative community – yet are unafraid to speak with a singular voice.
‘not waiting on anything’ is an alt-country track that blends elements of Irish-Folk with Electronica production. This indie-twang story deals with themes of loss, emigration and addiction, following the meeting of two strangers at bar. A minimalist guitar, bass and drums, are glittered with saxophone and fiddle, that converse with each other like the characters of the song. The stripped back ‘not waiting on anything’ finds a band daring to take a song to its essence.
Flynn – “I suppose the song is about being forlorn and lost. That recurring theme of loss, that is consistently within our songs, is intertwined with an element of regret from your past. It’s more of a stripped back ballad compared to our other tracks. That softer side of us has always been there, and we wanted to lean into that a little bit.”
This is the 3rd single from the bands upcoming ‘ caught up in delusion’ EP, which comes out on May 31st . The track was written, recorded and self-produced from the bands small studio space in Limerick City, with long term collaborator from Mike Gavin (Windings). Mike co-produced and mixed the track, while Richard Dowling (Foo Fighters, Brian Eno, Villagers) mastered it.
