![]() ![]() Like ‘We Are the Champions’ and ‘1979’ before it, ‘Too Real’ has been subjected to the rollercoaster meme treatment – and the whole thing just clicks with that context in mind. Speaking of, it seems prudent to start on one of the band’s highest-octane numbers. The realest band out of Dublin City – too real, even. Here, we will give a brief but vital overview of a band that has a similar trajectory themselves. Seemingly fully vaccinated against Second Album Syndrome, the band expanded their horizons and continued to experiment with their approach – incorporating krautrock, big-beat and traditional folk balladry in the process. Such defiance was exemplified by their second studio album, A Hero’s Death, which followed just over a year after the release of Dogrel. Instead, the band exist in a seedier underbelly – troubled by The Troubles, mule-kicking out of a one-horse town and not changing their approach to fit the mould of any great expectations. ![]() Theirs, after all, was not a body of work meant for stadiums and the grander spectrum of outer-reaching rock the same way that fellow countrymen U2 perfected some decades prior. Their 2019 debut, Dogrel, was the equivalent of shooting a three-pointer from downtown with seconds to spare – and that’s generously the last time you’ll see the band’s artful post-punk paralleled with basketball. became one of the most notable rock acts of the 2010s with barely any time left on the clock. ![]()
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