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- FRI 14.8.
Dublin trio Bricknasty move with effortless ease between R&B, hip hop, neo-soul, jazz, psychedelia and even folk music. Their sound brings together soft vocals, heavy groove, soul, street-level grit and the kind of late-night club haze where songs seem to emerge more from the pulse of the moment than from any fixed formula.
The core of the band first came together on SoundCloud, where singer-guitarist Fatboy and producer Cillian McCauley found each other by chance. The current line-up also includes drummer Korey Thomas. You can hear traces of influences ranging from D’Angelo to MF DOOM and Timbaland, but Bricknasty never sound like the sum of their references. In their music, proud folk elements add a distinct softness and warmth, and the whole expression feels as though it has grown directly out of rhythms lived and felt in Dublin itself.
Fatboy’s roots in Ballymun, a suburb in North Dublin, are clearly present in Bricknasty’s music. The area was long associated with social hardship and the heroin crisis of the 1980s and 1990s, but Bricknasty approaches it from within. That is why their music carries a strong sense of place, community, and memory, without ever feeling explained from the outside.
Word has spread from gig to gig across Dublin. Bricknasty have built a strong live reputation, and they have quickly emerged as one of the most exciting new names in Ireland’s alternative rhythm music scene.