{"id":137473,"date":"2025-11-13T11:48:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T11:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/137473\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T11:48:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T11:48:14","slug":"west-cork-olympians-catchphrase-inspires-bands-new-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/137473\/","title":{"rendered":"West Cork Olympian&#8217;s catchphrase inspires band\u2019s new album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"contextmenu internal_Body1st\">One of West Cork\u2019s most famous sporting stars has inspired the title track of a new album by Irish folk metal band The Scratch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">Olympian Paul O\u2019Donovan\u2019s \u201cpull like a dog\u201d catchphrase is also the name of the new album from the band, which is set for release on the March 13, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">The band\u2019s lead vocalist Daniel Lang said that the Pull Like A Dog track is about \u201ctossing aside the idea of apologising for merely existing, grab life by the scruff and be loud about it\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">The video is a collaboration between the band and Dublin-based videographer Paul Gleeson, filmed on the shores of Lough Ree.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">The Scratch are also taking part in a European tour this November, which will be followed by a series of shows in Ireland to conclude the year 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">The band\u2019s music was featured in Netflix\u2019s House of Guinness, a drama new series from the creator of Peaky Blinders Steven Knight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">The Scratch have also supported Dropkick Murphys across the US, Dermot Kennedy in Australia, and the Wolfe Tones in the UK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of West Cork\u2019s most famous sporting stars has inspired the title track of a new album by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":137474,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[63691,79,93,61,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-137473","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-cork-music","9":"tag-cork-news","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}