Brògeal have today announced that their debut album, Tuesday Paper Club, will be released on 17 October via Play It Again Sam. Alongside the announcement, they have shared the album’s title track. The album’s sound is rich with instruments such as accordion, banjo, bouzouki, mandolin, and perky penny whistle. It blends ancient folk traditions with an indie Gen Z sensibility, creating a sound that laughs, sings and dances in the face of 21st century darkness.
The album was recorded at Black Bay Studio on the Isle of Lewis. This residential studio, a refurbished fish processing factory, offers stunning bay views. The five members of Brogeal stayed at the studio with producer Richie Kennedy, an Irish Producer/Engineer/Mixer based in London. Kennedy’s previous credits include work with artists such as The Libertines, Cardinals, The Last Dinner Party, Interpol, Dua Lipa, Kylie, and U2.
Frontman Daniel Harkins expands on the new single:
“I wrote ‘Tuesday Paper Club’ initially as a poem when I worked behind the bar at an old man’s boozer in Falkirk called the Wheatsheaf. It was a Tuesday and there was about 3 punters in, all sitting in silence reading the papers. So out of boredom this little poem came about and ended up being more about older people’s views on the young and how they can be so bitter about us as if they weren’t doing the same, if not worse when they were younger. I added some chords to it later and took it to the lads and it instantly became an absolute foot stomper and it’s one of our favourite songs to play live now.”
From small-town Falkirk in central Scotland the folk-punk-indie-pop five-piece have big ideas, with a reputation as one of the best live bands in Britain, their communal, sing-along, delirious anthems igniting mosh-pit madness throughout the UK, Ireland and beyond.
“The thing about our music is that it transcends all age groups,” notes vocalist/songwriter/guitarist Daniel Harkins. “You’ve got 14-year-old boys with their mums, they’re all going mental, you’ve got old punks, middle-aged women, young adults, old people, everybody’s digging it, you know? There’s something for everybody because you’ve got your folky influences, The Pogues, with this indie edge and pop sensibilities.”
Brògeal Live Dates
July
12 – Glasgow TRNSMT
18 – Nijmegen, Netherlands Valkhof
26 – Oxfordshire Truck
August
1 – Oxfordshire Wilderness
2 – Derbyshire Y-Not
3 – Penrith Kendal Calling
8 – Winchester Boomtown
29 – Birmingham Moseley Folk & Art
31 – Netherlands Into The Great Wide Open
October
11
Tilburg, Netherlands Here’s The Thing Festival
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