GURRIERS at the Theatre Royal

Gurriers, with support from THEATRE and Brooki, live at the Theatre Royal. When Dublin’s Gurriers released 2024 debut album 'Come And See', they underlined their status as a visceral, unignorable new voice in the thriving Irish alternative scene. Having formed during the pandemic, in the years since, the original members - vocalist Dan Hoff, guitarists Ben O'Neill and Mark MacCormack and drummer Pierce Callaghan - had carved out a steadily escalating reputation for bone-rattling, mosh-ready live shows. 'Come And See' pushed their lyrical chops and curious, socially-exploratory outlook to the fore too, platforming songs about digital angst and IRL terror in the modern world. In the months following its release, the milestones kept coming for the band: a slot on Later with Jools Holland; main stage performances in the Woodsies and Leftfield tents at Glastonbury; an arena support back in their hometown with Turnstile and with Kneecap at Wembley. With bassist Charlie McCarthy now fully settled into the throng, bringing a fresh burst of enthusiasm having joined the band at the beginning of 2024 - sometime after their debut had been recorded and before it was released that September, they found the new music they were starting to pen was innately reflective of this vast step up in their ante. Gurriers’ superb second album might be called 'Nobody’s Coming To Save You', then, but it could easily be subtitled ‘harder, better, faster, stronger’. Recorded at Donegal’s Attica Studios and Holy Mountain Studios in London with producers Mark Bowen of Idles and Loren Humphrey (Geese, Cameron Winter), alongside engineer Chris Fullard (Idles, Sunn O))) and world-renowned mixer John Congleton (St. Vincent, Modest Mouse, Swans), the crack team that readily assembled for LP2 speaks volumes of its quality from the off. This is Gurriers taking all the musical chemistry and smart, interrogational worldview that made them great in the first place, and souping it up to the next level. Gurriers play Theatre Royal on Friday January 29th, with support from THEATRE and Brooki. Event Subject to License.