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Squarehead
Origin Dublin, Ireland
Genres Garage pop, indie rock
Years active2008 (2008)–present
LabelsRichter Collective
MembersRoy Duffy
Ruan van Vliet
Ian McFarlane

Squarehead are an Irish garage pop band from Dublin composed of lead singer / guitarist Roy Duffy, bassist Ian McFarlane and Ruan van Vliet on drums.

History

Squarehead were formed in January 2010 when Roy Duffy began recording solo acoustic songs. Roy and Ian had previously been in a band (called Vimanas) with Lar Kaye of Adebisi Shank. [1]

The band released their first single "Fake Blood" on 7" Vinyl through Any Other City Records, a label run by Villagers drummer, James Byrne. [2] [3] In a public vote on Nialler9 Music Blog, "Fake Blood" was voted Number One in "Irish Songs of 2010" [4]

The band's second single, "Midnight Enchilada" was released by the Richter Collective Label ( Adebisi Shank, The Redneck Manifesto, ASIWYFA) on 21 March 2011. The single has received plays on Don Letts & Lauren Laverne show on 6Music, [5] [6] the Dermot O'Leary show on BBC Radio 2 [7] and the X-Posure show on XFM [8]

On 25 February 2011, Morrissey attended a Squarehead show at the Workmans Club, Dublin [9] [10]

Discography

Squarehead discography at Discogs

References

  1. ^ "Music Feature - Squarehead: Totally Dublin". Totallydublin.ie. Archived from the original on 31 January 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. ^ "Domino | Artists | Villagers". Dominorecordco.com. 4 October 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  3. ^ "Any Other City Records - Dublin Record Label". Anyothercity.com. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  4. ^ "Nialler9 Irish Songs of 2010 poll results | Nialler9 Music Blog". Nialler9.com. 16 December 2010. Archived from the original on 20 January 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  5. ^ Don Letts (27 February 2011). "6 Music Programmes - Don Letts, 27/02/2011". BBC. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  6. ^ Lauren Laverne (9 February 2011). "6 Music Programmes - Lauren Laverne, Huey Morgan sits in". BBC. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  7. ^ "Radio 2 Programmes - Dermot O'Leary, Zoe Ball Sits In". BBC. 26 February 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  8. ^ "Xfm X-posure Playlist - X-Posure Wednesday 16th February 2011". X-posure.tumblr.com. 17 February 2011. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  9. ^ "Morrissey rocks out to Squarehead". Hotpress.com. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  10. ^ "Morrissey & Squarehead". Deadl.wordpress.com. 25 February 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

External links

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