The band has been actively compared to several post-punk and art punk bands to arise out of Ireland and the United Kingdom over the late 2010s, such as
Idles,
Soft Play (formerly known as Slaves),
Shame, and fellow Irish band
Fontaines D.C., primarily as a result of touring with these bands. Writing for
The Guardian, Damien Morris described the band as "reaching back to
Joy Division’s drum tattoos, interlocking with surging, wave-break bass.
Pixies' quiet-loud-quiet trick is in there, as are
Shame and
Savages, while
PJ Harvey and the Bad Seeds infest tracks such as Green and Blue." In describing the themes of their music, the band told
DIY magazine: "It just feels like there are loads of fuckin' hotels going up over Dublin, where there could be new housing," James hammers home. "There are cranes all over the city. There's one on George's Street right now, and they're gutting this beautiful Georgian building, and I stopped and asked the builder what it was gonna be, and it's turning into a fuckin' Premier Inn." The band further said, "the hotels are only a side-note to the homelessness, the suicide, the mental health issues. The lack of services available to people who aren't from even middle class backgrounds," he continues. "We just wanna talk about it as much as possible, and make sure that the government knows that we're not happy with the standard of where it's at. People have real issues in their lives, and they need somewhere to go and talk about these things beyond their friends and families. It feels like there's no excuses." 2022 == Personnel ==