ENOLA GAY share EP lead single 'PTS.DUP'.
The Great Escape, Beach Stage by Tony Palmer
Belfast based Irish noise punk outfit Enola Gay formed in late 2019 and is comprised of Vocals: Fionn Reilly (vocals), Joe McVeigh (guitar), Adam Cooper (bass) & Luke Beirne (drums).
They have wasted no time establishing themselves as one of the next unique punk voices, having been listed in NME and Rolling Stone's lists of acts to define 2022 and played numerous festivals.
After releasing acclaimed debut EP "Gransha" and selling out 32 dates debut UK Tour, they supported Therapy? on their arena tour.
New cut 'PTS.DUP’, which was released via Modern Sky (Crawlers, Malady), is the first reveal from the band’s
forthcoming EP set for release this summer. Lyrically it's inspired by a personal attack that left a member with a fractured skull. An anti-conservative anthem about the Northern Irish conservative party the DUP and their influence on the impressionable youth of today.
forthcoming EP set for release this summer. Lyrically it's inspired by a personal attack that left a member with a fractured skull. An anti-conservative anthem about the Northern Irish conservative party the DUP and their influence on the impressionable youth of today.
Speaking of its release, the band explained:
""Following a band member being brutalised in a sectarian attack that left him with a fractured skull,
we felt a lot of raw hatred and some shame. After processing this, we reflected on the tribalism that
fuelled the attack and our anger that followed. The attackers themselves are victims of jingoistic
rhetoric that is insidiously normalised in the north of Ireland. In a country still suffering remnants of
The Troubles, young people left in the middle of the road turn to alt-right political parties
masquerading as conservatism such as the DUP, searching for a sense of belonging. With talks of a
united Ireland looming we should consider how and why Unionists feel and fear that they will be left
with nowhere to call home when they shouldn’t have to."
we felt a lot of raw hatred and some shame. After processing this, we reflected on the tribalism that
fuelled the attack and our anger that followed. The attackers themselves are victims of jingoistic
rhetoric that is insidiously normalised in the north of Ireland. In a country still suffering remnants of
The Troubles, young people left in the middle of the road turn to alt-right political parties
masquerading as conservatism such as the DUP, searching for a sense of belonging. With talks of a
united Ireland looming we should consider how and why Unionists feel and fear that they will be left
with nowhere to call home when they shouldn’t have to."
Live Dates:
8th June - Gullivers, Manchester
9th June - The Parish, Huddersfield
10th June - Download Festival, Donnington
12th June - Yellow Arch, Sheffield
13th June - The Hare & Hounds, Birmingham
14th June - Kazimier Stockroom, Liverpool
15th June - The Prince Albert, Brighton
16th June - Windmill Brixton, London
17th June - The Louisiana, Bristol
8th June - Gullivers, Manchester
9th June - The Parish, Huddersfield
10th June - Download Festival, Donnington
12th June - Yellow Arch, Sheffield
13th June - The Hare & Hounds, Birmingham
14th June - Kazimier Stockroom, Liverpool
15th June - The Prince Albert, Brighton
16th June - Windmill Brixton, London
17th June - The Louisiana, Bristol
'PTS.DUP' is now available to stream on all digital platforms here.
Watch the Official Video here: