OH BOLAND + STUPID SON//WESTERN LEISURE LP LAUNCH//BELLO BAR

OH BOLAND//

Oh Boland is the scum-pop song writing of Tuam-native Niall Murphy.

Oh Boland came up through the rural bar scene of the Irish west coast threading effervescent power pop through a mess of blown out guitars and flying nun jangle.

They're launching their latest LP, Western Leisure, July 5th at Bello Bar, Dublin.

Western Leisure (out now on Madrid’s Meritorio Records) draws from a recent past in the rural Galway town of Tuam and the present in Dublin city, a montage of oblique images and characters. Western Leisure traces a landscape of balding florists under ceiling fans (Grass Walls), a guilt-wracked panel beater soothsaying future accidents in his steelwork (Order Of Malta), and the parasitic jukebox-conman who drowns in his children’s paddling pool (A Power Of Wides). Somewhere between sad, hysterical, and nonsensical, these characters cross paths with more tactile memories of depression and loss.

The songs were written in 2021 in the vacuum of successive lockdowns, leaning heavily into spontaneity and the possibilities of overdubbed home recording over writing for a band. The material marks a significant development in the band’s sound with the typical garage punk confection tempered by Kevin Ayers and the Whole World weirdness (Cult Of A Western Rail Corridor), free jazz skronk (Western Leisure Pt 2), faux Steely Dan mockery (A Parting Thing) and loping Bakersfield Country (Western Leisure).

Still, they haven’t lost any joy for straight ahead rock n roll with Grass Walls, Order Of Malta and Power Of Wides keeping things centred on The Clean, meets Protex, meets Replacements concoction that’s been their main squeeze from the start.

Western Leisure follows 2022’s sophomore LP Cheap Things which was featured on Post Trash (Brooklyn, NY) , received significant airplay on WFMU (New Jersey) and was featured on Merge Records best of list for 2023 (release discovered in 2023) and debut Spilt Milk (Volar Records, San Diego) which was included in Pitchfork's Top 20 Garage Punk albums of 2016.

With two US tours in 2016 and 2018 culminating in appearances at legendary punk label Goner Records’ festival Gonerfest in Memphis TN, a 2017 UK tour supporting Detroit post punks Protomartyr and performances with Metz, Parquet Courts, and Sheer Mag Oh Boland have honed their on-record noise pop into a perfect on-stage mess, with current lineup of Murphy, Ross Hamer (Music City/Hamer Place) and Jack Condon (Search Results) perfecting the blend of bar band lunacy, Westerberg rock-stompers and Crazy Horse shred workouts.

Listen to Western Leisure- ohboland.bandcamp.com/album/western-leisure

Music Video- Grass Walls-

Spotify- https://open.spotify.com/artist/2HmnALl2GrcNUuI9C5visw?si=CnHuqQteQ2WaeU6oLbPM-g

Twitter- twitter.com/OhBoland

Instagram- instagram.com/ohboland/

Facebook- facebook.com/OhBoland

with special guests

STUPID SON//

Ever since releasing their debut single 'Bread' in January 2019 to warm reception, Stupid Son have been jittering around the kitchen sink and honing in on their unique blend of melodic art punk.

Rooted in a DIY ethos, Stupid Son self-produced their 'Selected Demos' cassette in Summer 2020, and handle all of their artwork and music videos themselves.

They've gigged voraciously in some of Dublin's best music venues, including a coveted main-stage slot in Whelan's Ones to Watch, and performing at the Button Factory for John Barker's TILT series.

Following a pandemic-induced hiatus, Stupid Son returned in Autumn 2023. Their debut EP, Comedy, recorded with Darragh Hansard in Orc's Lair Studio in June 2023, was released on February 29th, 2024.

Comedy is a concept EP detailing one sleepless night, and has been preceded by three blistering singles each month at the end of 2023.

2024 sees Stupid Son go from strength to strength with a busy start to the year; performing at Whelan's Ones to Watch, a headline show that filled Workman's main room, and a live session in Manchester with BBC Radio 6 on January 9th.

Bandcamp- stupidson.bandcamp.com/album/comedy

Music Video- Black Mould-

Spotify- https://open.spotify.com/artist/4e5EI3KoMGixdDKMp1E47g?si=yeKWU2WRSYeFIfib8Utdqg

Instagram- www.instagram.com/stupidsonband/

Facebook- www.facebook.com/stupidsonband/

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