Gurriers

Described by the Irish Times as “raw as a butcher's cut, and just as fresh” Gurriers raging combination of punk, noise, alt-rock and shoegaze plus Dan Hoff’s intense socio-political lyrics have fast established them as one of the most furiously exciting bands out of Ireland the last few years.

Their Feb 2023 debut single “Approachable” was praised by The Line Of Best Fit as "a full-blooded post-punk masterwork,” adding “Gurriers look set to be at the forefront of one of the most compelling scenes in modern Irish music", whilst May’s follow up single ‘Sign Of The Times’ was described by Hot Press as “just as enraged, frenetic and full-blooded as their debut.”

Thing’s have intensified since with a stack of UK and Netherlands club shows and a Summer of festivals across Europe with the band growing into a mesmering tour de force on stage. Ahead of their packed shows in May at The Great Escape NME stated “You know something special is afoot when an act continues to sell out shows off the back of only two singles”

As Louder Than War said of their recent set at Haldern Pop Germany “One last show of sheer elemental, Argonaut-like force to mention: Gurriers in the Spiegelzelt on Friday. It was no wonder the audience moshed as if it had succumbed to a mass attack of the tarantellas. For those who need more definite reference, there is something of Gilla Band’s intensity but they have an impish, ‘Jesus Built My Hotrod’ anger to them that is irresistible. Be warned.”

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