Life After Art.

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BIG TEARS

Self-describing as “bubblegum trannycore” Big Tears are an all-trans three-piece girl group from Dublin. With songs about sex, romance and heartbreak, their sound is unabashedly cherrypicked from queercore, garage punk, and 60s rock ‘n’ roll. First digital release “I Wanna Hurt Your Boyfriend” available now on bandcamp, DIY cassette EP “Love & Misery” coming soon…

TESSIO

Tessio is a singer-songwriter duo from Derry – Jude McCandless and Callum Feeney. We play guitar, sing close harmonies and write our own songs. Our main influences range from Simon and Garfunkel and The Everly Brothers to the La’s. Over the past few years we have supported bands such as the Hothouse Flowers & The 4 Of Us and played support in England for The Damn Truth as part of our mini tour last summer. At Stendhal Festival, a gig reviewed in Chordblossom by Martha Greer wrote “I was left in awe of the pair as they released a series of subtly effective songs that demonstrated a skill for songwriting way beyond their years.”

SAGE AGAINST THE ROUTIN

-Sage Against the Machine is a (brown queer) transient busker who found stillness in Dublin who likes to play songs to make punks cry; from originals about grief, displacement and the patriarchy, to pop covers to make serious punks cringe and queer punks smile.

J SHIELDS

J SHIELDS is a vocalist, writer and producer. Bringing you through an immersive art-pop experience full of reverby goodness and some heavy hitting belters. J draws inspiration from nature and how the human experience can be simplified when we see ourselves mirrored in the natural world around us. Expect some layered vocals and a big belty high note to deliver the message that you’re basically just a tree.