His Father’s Voice “The Blues”

Limerick’s new-wave/post-punk band His Father’s Voice deliver a brooding yet purposeful sound with soaring pop melodies, muscular rhythms, and immersive guitars. The live show tugs at a heavy atmosphere that looms around lead singer Ash O’Connor and lead guitarist James Reidy, intensified by Laya Meabhdh Kenny and Cian McGuirk who contain and release a moody rhythm section.

New-wave inspired single ‘Arm’s Length’ and the shoegaze swelling of ‘Forgot to Feed’ saw the band embark on an Irish tour in April 2024. ‘Arm’s Length’ was Dan Hegarty’s RTÉ 2FM Track of the week and earned notable airplay across BBC Radio Ulster, John Kennedy on Radio X, and KXCI. The band continues their momentum with ‘The Blues’, a single propelled by driving guitars and a disruptive rhythm section depicting how the uncanny-valley nature of corporate hospitality spaces buries community culture. Alongside their latest single, His Father’s Voice have announced their debut album ‘Black Poison Morning’, set for release on 6th September via Blowtorch Records.

In previous years they have supported Cherry Glazerr and Viagra Boys, and made festival appearances at Electric Picnic and Whelan’s Ones to Watch. The band features in Féile na Gréine’s award-nominated documentary ‘Out of Place’ (Irish Film London 2022 and Vermont Film Festival 2023)

The Blues – Artist statement :

“The Blues sets the tone for the album, leaning into being dark and oppressive but still powered with resistance. The song fixates on how uncanny props are within corporate hospitality spaces and how they’re used to draw customers in. It’s incredibly uncomfortable how alluring they are despite being obvious imitations, and how successfully they distract from communities that once existed before profit built over them – communities these spaces both extract wealth from and push under the floorboards. While the song is lyrically grim, the name itself is quite tongue in cheek, with the riff being an obvious nod to the twelve-bar blues. But that’s as far as the blues influence goes, it’s as deceptive as the topic of interest.”

-Official bio