Introducing: Hush War Cry – Cork’s answer to Wild Beasts

If you’re a fan of Wild Beasts, check out these young college-going Corkonians Hush War Cry. The name sounds like some heavy metal rallying call but the music is delicate, nuanced and oh so sweet. There’s an impressive accomplished sound happening here from such a young band. I love how the “backs to the wall” line reminds me a bit of the melody of Kate Bush’s ‘Hounds Of Love’.

During the week I got talking about the constant churnover of new bands and how it’s hard to give a band space to develop these days. Hush War Cry sound so fully formed, they are hard to ignore.

There’s a debut EP called Apparitions coming in December. ‘Lily is taken from that (downloadable here) and there are two more songs on Breaking Tunes. They play HWCH on October 8th in The Mercantile at 8.30pm.

Hush War Cry – Lily by Nialler9

Niall Byrne

Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.

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