One of the things I hope to do with this blog is to promote current Irish bands, since there are still so many deserving ones around. I've already namechecked a few in an earlier post. Here's one that is quite popular in Ireland, but still semi-obscure elsewhere.
The Bell X1 sound is fairly mainstream as far as "alternative" music goes, more along the likes of Keane or Muse rather than indiepop per se. But Paul Noonan has a great world-weary voice and a real penchant for storytelling in his lyrics, factors which I think put them well above the ranks of most of their musical peers.
This is an acoustic version of one of their biggest hits (in Ireland, anyway), and even if you hate the song you've got to admit it's a cute video.
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