From the Isle of Wight with Wet Leg to Chicago with Beach Bunny for the second band in this year’s series. Started by Lili Trifilio in 2015 with the debut album Honeymoon released in 2020 Beach Bunny isn’t a new band as such, but I only really took notice this year after kind of vaguely having them on my radar for a while (not sure why it took me so long). Now let’s go with a taster from the Blame Game EP:
No real video for this song (Also from the Blame Game EP), but I quite like it:
Their biggest hit so far (here the remix version with Tegan and Sara as guest vocalists, here is the original):
And to close some session sounds with some history and interview in chapters:
I hope you enjoyed Beach Bunny, for the third and last band in this series I’ll take you to Ireland. Aiming to finish this series on Sunday.
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For the third band in this series we move from Chicago with Beach Bunny to Dublin in Ireland with Fontaines D.C. Again a band that has been around for slightly longer but only really appeared on my radar this year, I think mainly through BBC Radio 6 Music playing them a lot. One of the songs that made me listen up was this one:
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Fontaines D.C. – Liberty Belle (Official Music Video)An earlier song I quite like is Winter in the Sun:
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Fontaines D.C. – Winter In The Sun (Official Music Video)A popular song is Boys In The Better Land:
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Fontaines D.C. – Boys In The Better Land (Darklands Version)To close one of their several KEXP appearances, this one having been filmed “at home” showcasing their latest album:
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Fontaines D.C. – Full Performance (Live on KEXP at Home)And that’s it for this year’s Three New Bands (New to me) series. I hope you enjoyed at least one the bands I discovered this year, maybe even two or three. And hopefully I’ll discover three new bands (even if they’re only new to me) in 2022, so that I can continue the series.
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