Show Notes
TRM (formerly known as The Redneck Manifesto) release their sixth album Grushy via Dublin's Ten Spot Records on Friday, September 5. Comprising seven tracks, they say they found a new creative surge - a different pulse yet from the same wellspring - when making the album. Currently a three piece (though swelling to six when playing live), Niall Byrne, Matty Bolger and Richie Egan have been playing together for nearly 30 years. On the TPOE podcast, Matty and Richie talk about how TRM startted, what the scene in Dublin was like back then, the ideas behind the new album and lots more.
Richie and Matty also play in Jape, who is part of the Landmarks series at the NCH on Sunday, September 14, where they will perform in full two albums: The Monkeys in the Zoo Have More Fun Than Me (2004) and Ritual (2008), a Choice Prize-winning album. We talk about those two albums, their influence, Floating, and always looking forward even when you're looking back.
Buy Grushy: https://www.tenspotrecords.com/tenspotreleases // https://theredneckmanifesto.bandcamp.com/album/grushy-2
TRM live at Button Factory, Saturday, September 6: https://www.ticketmaster.ie/artist/947174?venueId=198299&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAactxpTMF7l3t-Fx7NJCPLkrC9wOBxK2XJgFfbpG_LFvOUpc6HU_XaQ_ph7Kzw_aem_gdt9d2rmjPluUIbibNWTOA
Jape at NCH: Landmarks, Sunday, September 14: https://www.nch.ie/all-events-listing/nch-landmarks-jape-sep25/
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