New single and festival dates from the Longford band heralds a great future
‘Decorate Your Mind’, the first single from Brave Giant’s debut album is now on release and stormed into the chart day of release, bringing a slightly new direction for the band.
“It’s a powerhouse of a track, as anthemic and propulsive as it is dark and atmospheric.” (Hot Press)
We are now delighted to present the accompanying video. Directed by Eva Wyse with beautiful performances by Fionntáin Larneyand Owen Roe, one of Ireland’s foremost film, TV and theatre actors. “The video portrays the heart-rending tensions and disputes that characterise Irish family life. It follows the arc of a father & son relationship.”
In just three years, Brave Giant has gone from selling out two nights Upstairs at Whelans in Dublin to the band’s biggest headline show to date at The Olympia Theatre, Dublin on Saturday November 9th, being on the cusp of selling out almost five months out from show day. An additional allocation of tickets has been released this week and now on sale via ticketmaster.ie
Emmett Collum (percussion), Mark Prunty (bass, guitar/vocals), Podge Gill (guitar/vocals), Ross McNerney (banjo/mandolin/keys), are Brave Giant, a band rooted in an inherited love for trad & folk, moulded, morphed and inspired by indie & alternative influences.
Last month saw the Longford based four-piece a storming top-three billing performance at Kaleidoscope Festival Co. Wicklow, having kicked off 2019 festival season on June 1st with Day Tripper Festival in Waterford alongside Gavin James, Hudson Taylor and Saarloos.
Indiependence main stage on August 2nd is also part of Brave Giant’s festival billings.
Highlights from 2018 include sharing a stage with Hozier, Walking on Cars and other highly-respected Irish artists at the 2FM Christmas 3Arena show in December, a further No 1 single here at home with ‘Somebody’s Someone’, two sold-out headline shows at The Button Factory Dublin and opening band’s live record in London with three sell-out headline shows.
Since releasing its first commercial track in 2016 (‘Lordy Lordy’), Brave Giant has sold-out numerous shows in Dublin and across the country and had a string of top 5 singles including The Time I Met The Devil and two number one’s with ‘Way To Love’ and ‘Somebody’s Someone’.
Not shy to festival season either, in the three years to date some of the band’s summer festival performances include Longitude, Sea Sessions, Electric Picnic, Groove Festival and Sunflower Festival.
Indeed in 2018, over 5,000 people turned out to see the band live in their home county at the Longford Town Festival. Brave Giant has also seen the band’s Spotify streams grow to over 2.5 million during the last year, and online video views in the same region.
The debut album was recorded earlier this spring with musician and producer Gavin Glass of Orphan Recording in the production chair. The album is currently being mastered and nearing completion.
“We can’t wait to share this body of work. The album sees us take a new direction.
“We believe we’ve developed a great deal musically and lyrically!
“We’ve explored new sounds and have drawn on influences from even more musical genres. Heavy synths, spacey guitars, driving drums and a mandolin like you’ve never heard before.T he core elements that make Brave Giant what it is are still there, we’ve just added some magic, we hope!”
