Belfast trio KNEECAP have today shared the video for their latest single, “FENIAN”, the title-track from their forthcoming new album, out May 1 on Heavenly Recordings.
The anthemic track already feels like it’s been here for an entire era – a raucous party tune that will no doubt birth some of the biggest festival singalong chants of the summer, this is a brilliant, invigorating, unapologetic declaration of identity and community. Tiochfaidh ár lá – somebody sample that.
Talking about the track, which marks the trio reclaiming a word that became an anti Irish slur, but one steeped in history and pride, KNEECAP said:
An Anthem to embrace our Fenian past, and to cure our colonial hangover by reconnecting the warriors of Irish folklore with the Fenian c*nts from the North of Ireland today.
The track is accompanied by a brilliantly surreal video shot in and around West Belfast which sees DJ Provai’s now ubiquitous tricolor balaclava very much front and centre.. The video was directed by Thomas James, who added:
“For me, this track is about a reclaiming of identity. Not only of the word, but for people too. Which is what our film is. A trippy whirlwind through people and places who embody the spirit of the boys and the song. Of seeing the word Fenian through a new lens.
It was a blast. It was chaos. It was a fever dream of running around Ireland convincing people to pop a bally on and do something mental. Good times had by all.”
Stream “FENIAN” via all platforms HERE
Produced by Dan Carey, the new album also features previous singles “Smugglers & Scholars”, recently featured as part of the regular COLORSxSTUDIOS shows, and “Liars Tale”.
Additionally, having completed a SOLD-OUT U.K. and Irish tour at the end of last year, they head out on a run of out-store shows for the week of album release and a number of EU festival appearances and recently announced EU headline shows over the summer.
The full list of dates is as follows:
EU/UK Dates
May 29-30 – AVA, Belfast, IE
Jun 6 – Primavera, Barcelona, ES
Jun 8 – Santana 27, Bilbao, ES
Jun 9 – La Riviera, Madrid, ES
Jun 11 – Primavera, Porto, PT
Jun 13 – Festi’Neuch, Neuchatel, FR
Jun 15 – Magnolia, Unaltrofestival, Milan, IT
Jun 16 – Sequoie Music Park, Bologna, IT
Jun 17 – Cavea, Auditorium Parco Della Musica Ennio Morricone, Rome IT
Jun 18 – Fiera del Levante, Bari, IT
Jun 20 – Terra Vibe Park, Rockwave, Attica, GR
Jun 24 – Allas Live, Helsinki, FIN
Jun 27 – Crystal Palace Park, London, UK
Jul 1 – Open’er Festival, Gdynia, PL
Jul 2 – Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, DK
Jul 4 – Rock Werchter, Werchter, BE
Jul 18 – PhilGood Festival, Plovdiv, BG
Jul 20 – KüçükÇiftlik Park, Istanbul, TR
Jul 30-Aug 2 – All Together Now, Waterford, IE
Aug 12-16 – Boomtown, Winchester, UK
Aug 28-30 – Reading & Leeds Festivals, UK
Nov 6 – Rockhal, Esch-Sur-Alzette, LU
Nov 9 – BK, Stockholm, SE
Nov 10 – Oslo Spektrum, Oslo, NO
Nov 20 – Le Zénith, Paris, FR
Press shot credit: Tom Beard
