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Plight of the IRish: Punk rap trio heralded as this years best.

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Following in the footsteps of their acclaimed movie taking flight and fellow heavyweights taking up the mantle into the South, Kneecap make a case for one of the most exciting bands to witness this year. Overlapped with potent lyricism and a stoic spearhead of energy and spite, their debut Fine Art comes in the wake of a condemned political state of affairs: a perfect reason for a soundtrack to suit the streets.

Many devoted fans noticed that this wasn’t their first work to break through the seemingly impenetrable glass of the industry gatekeepers. Working with Get Your Brits Out, 2018’s 3cag was the first series of songs that encapsulated Kneecap’s sound and what they were all about. But it would be their illustrious debut that began garnering deserved attention. In cahoots with Fontaines frontman Grian Chatten, Better Way To Live was a cataclysmic shift in Kneecap‘s cultural and creative force. It only just got better for the trio.

A visceral stomper chomping at the bit, Fine Art encapsulates all of the best Irish creativity right now. As Fontaines look after the alternative swoons for Dublin, Kneecap are bringing their rave-wave of cognitive rap – certainly a breath of fresh
Éire.

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Soon long after, they took their anthems of rebellion across the country on a headline tour with every date sold out. Cathartic raves of I’m Flush and Sick in the Head blew the venue tops off from esteemed O2 Forum in Kentish Town and Barrowlands in Glasgow.

To cap off a stellar year, the band are set to overflow more festival tents next season with headline slots dated in for both Wide Awake and 2000 Trees already.

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