The Flag Listeners return to the Upstairs venue in Dolans this Friday June 21. The Limerick band will be showcasing songs from the current album and new songs from the forthcoming second album.
“It’s going to be a good one. There may even be a very special guest,” says singer Eamonn Hehir.
In 2017 the band released their long awaited debut album ‘And Other Short Stories’ to a packed house in Dolan’s Warehouse.
Hot Press scribe Stuart Clark gave the album a glowing review, calling it a “songwriting masterclass from Limerick’s finest”. It has since received extensive airplay from Tom Dunne, Paul McLoone and many others.
The band is currently demo’ing tracks for the follow up record. The Upstairs gig will feature some of these new songs plus familiar songs and other favourites from the live set.
The Flag Listeners were formed to play music from Eamonn Hehir’s solo albums, but rapidly outgrew that brief, developing a distinct band sound that reflects the members’ individual and shared influences, with fans citing Bowie, The Psychedelic Furs, Elbow, Prefab Sprout and Pink Floyd among others, and John Steele contributing to the songwriting.
The band hold a deserved reputation for delivering high-energy, long live sets with sounds ranging from “melodic pop-rock, ambient atmospherics to full on rock’n’roll.”
The Flag Listeners play Dolans this Friday June 21.
