FANGCLUB make music that makes you wanna quit the day-hustle and join a band
Fangclub have been on a short break since 2019. As all fans know, there’s nothing more anxious than the thought of ‘will they come back?’ around one of your favourites. Luckily for many these Irish rockers have been squirreling away and about to embark on their third release, starting with “Attention”. Throwing together their vast melting pot of influences and styles (from the grunge scene through to US-00s rock, from artists to Elliott Smith through Soulwax), they’ve returned with an appropriately fuzz-fuelled anthem. The song-writing is consistently euphoric and stands out in the mix of todays heavy music scene.
On the new single , Fangclub’s vocalist Steven King comments, “Originally ‘Attention’ was more of a delicate Elliott Smith type song. I was listening to a lot of Heatmiser, Elliott Smith, PJ Harvey, Soulwax, Placebo. We gave it a louder life with the guitars and drums. It has more of a burnt quality to it now. The performance is a bit more raw. It’s following the usual pattern but now the pattern is distorted or blurred. As far as a meaning to the song, I don’t want to ruin any possible meaning that a fan might get themselves from it. It’s more of a feeling for me. Like that feeling you get when you’re about to go asleep and you suddenly jump. The first few lines are as direct as I can be. Or maybe it’s just a rock song.”
Part lyric, part irl-video diary; this grizzly b&w edit is a great 360-intro to a band who have been in a state of hiatus since 2019 – Meet Fangclub:
