Charcoal Greys are four first cousins, who grew up playing music at family gatherings, before forming the band.<\/p>\n
they say that Blisters explores “the bittersweet emotional turmoil of a toxic relationship; When you know someone is not good for you but you choose to stay anyway”.<\/p>\n
Tell us three things about yourself . . . <\/p>\n
Emily: We’re all first cousins who grew up together and have always loved playing music together throughout the years.<\/p>\n
We began practicing in my mam\u2019s kitchen, then moved to a shed, and now we’re back in a kitchen, this time one that belonged to our grandparents.<\/p>\n
I have a twin sister that also sings (but she’s not in the band).<\/p>\n
How would you describe your music? \u2013 <\/p>\n
Zach: It’s like the sound of four fresh, creative spirits finding our way as we go through the vast sea that is music; we write about our feelings and try to build fun, contemporary instrumentals around them. We fit into the alt-rock world, but we are very bright and poppy. We don’t take ourselves too seriously, but we put a lot of ourselves into what we do!<\/p>\n
Who are your musical inspirations? <\/p>\n
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Emily: We are heavily influenced by female fronted bands such as The Cranberries, Big Thief and Cliffords, along with contemporary Irish bands such as Fontaines D.C. and Florence Road.<\/p>\n
What was the first gig you ever went to? <\/p>\n
Sam: Fontaines D.C. in Manchester in 2022, when I was just 14 years old. At first I was reluctant to go, but my father and brother dragged me along anyway. It is still to this day my favourite gig I\u2019ve ever been to and played a huge part in the beginning of my passion for music.<\/p>\n
What was the first record you ever bought?<\/p>\n
Luke: It was either By The Way by Red Hot Chilli Peppers or Dookie by Green Day. Both were great albums that really began my obsession with rock and punk. I remember sitting in my mother\u2019s car in the summer with the doors open playing both CDs on repeat because we didn’t have a Walkman (showing my age here).<\/p>\n
What\u2019s your favourite song right now?<\/p>\n
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Emily: The Man Who Seeks Pleasure by Madra Salach. It\u2019s a song that feels so reminiscent of old Irish tunes I grew up listening to, but so fresh amongst the pop genre that dominates the mainstream music right now.<\/p>\n
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Favourite lyric of all time? <\/p>\n
Zach: “When you call out my name in rapture I volunteer my soul for murder I wish this moment here forever” – Black Hearted Love by PJ Harvey. It\u2019s potent, primal, and powerful. When I sit down to write, I aspire to write like this. I think the on-the-nose rawness in this lyric has been missing from music for a while, and it\u2019s great to see it on the rise, but for me PJ Harvey’s still done it the best!<\/p>\n
If you could only listen to one song for the rest of your life, what would it be? <\/p>\n
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Sam: I’d choose Ceremony by New Order. This track ticks every box for me; the lyrics are raw and very real, and there\u2019s an intense feeling of nostalgia about the whole track. It feels to me like it\u2019s marking the end of something great, but also the beginning of something fresh and exciting, which is exactly what the track was.<\/p>\n
Where can people find your music\/more information?<\/p>\n
Luke: Our new single Blisters is available on all music platforms, Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Tidal etc. We also are very active on social media, you can follow us on Charcoal Greys on TikTok, Instagram and Facebook. And also join our mailing list<\/a> to stay up to date on upcoming gigs and releases.<\/p>\n Alan Corr <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tipperary indie-pop newcomers Charcoal Greys have released their debut single, Blisters. We asked them the BIG questions .…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":528292,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[61,60,80],"class_list":["post-528291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528291","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=528291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/528292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=528291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=528291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=528291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}