NewDad

NewDad are an Irish Indie rock band from Galway, Ireland.[2] Their music has been compared to The Cure, Beabadoobee, and Just Mustard by NME magazine.[3] Atwood Magazine wrote of the group: "The band oozes personality with cynical but honest lyrics, colorful visual components, and poignant messages about coping with the, albeit painful, formative experiences."[4] The group have appeared at the Green Man Festival in Wales,[5] The Pitchfork Music Festival in Paris,[6] and on the Irish televesion program Other Voices.[7]

NewDad
OriginGalway, Ireland
GenresIndie Rock, Pop [1]
Years active2020 (2020)–present
Websitenewdad.live
Members
  • Julie Dawson
  • Áindle O’Beirn
  • Fiachra Parslow
  • Sean O'Dowd

Career

Formation and Early Career

Dawson, O'Beirn, and Parslow started the band while in secondary school as a way of avoiding solo performances for their Leaving Certificate practical music exam.[3] O'Dowd, who was studying music technology in Limerick, began recording the band, before eventually becoming a full member.[8] An early feature in local paper The Connacht Tribune wrote "Belying their relative inexperience, Galway band New Dad are fast becoming one of the city’s most inventive and enthralling acts."[9] The band released five singles in 2020; How, Swimming, Cry, Blue, and I Don't Recognise You, which accrued over two million streams on Spotify.[10][11] On November 5, 2020, the group recorded a live session for Steve Lamacq's show on BBC 6 Music.[12]

Waves EP

Their debut EP Waves was released in March 2021. Recorded with engineer Chris Ryan in Belfast, the EP features the previously released singles I Don't Recognise You and Blue. God Is in the TV wrote of the EP "Each song juxtaposes fuzzy guitar waves, dexterous basslines, subtle percussive beds, woven with Julie’s half spoken half sung vocals that are intimate, evocative and heart puncturing."[13] In a 4-star review DIY magazine wrote of the tracks: "Together they offer a palpable melancholy, one driven by vocalist Julie Dawson’s intricate balance of despondency and bite, not least on the subtle spite on the closing title track."[14] The Journal of Music opined: "NewDad posit themselves as both the lovelorn hero and the cut-throat antagonist, switching sides with ease."[15] In a positive review, Far Out Magazine wrote: "Their debut EP is a well-rounded effort that shows a band who are rightly-confident in their abilities."[16]

Banshee EP

In October 2021, the group released the single Ladybird and announced that their second EP, Banshee EP, was mixed by John Congleton and would be released in 2022.[17][18]

Personnel
  • Julie Dawson (vocalist and rhythm guitarist)
  • Áindle O’Beirn (Bass Guitar)
  • Sean O’Dowd (Lead guitar)
  • Fiachra Parslow (drums)[19]

Discography
EPs
  • Waves EP (2021)
  • Banshee EP (2022)
Singles
  • "How" (2020)
  • "Swimming" (2020)
  • Cry (2020)
  • Blue (2020)
  • I Don't Recognise You (2020)
  • Ladybird (2021)

References
  1. "NewDad-Waves". allmusic.com.
  2. Doherty, Chilpra Gantara (11 September 2021). "NewDad on finally returning to the stage". thetimes.co.uk. The Times.
  3. Rogers, Becky (9 March 2021). "New Dad, Community Inspired Lo-Fi Dream-Pop From Galway". nme.com. NME.
  4. Herb, Jesse (15 April 2021). "INTERVIEW: DIVE HEADFIRST INTO IRISH DREAM POP BAND NEWDAD'S DEBUT EP 'WAVES'". Atwood Magazine.
  5. "Green Man 2021 Line-up". greenman.net. Green Man Festival. 2021.
  6. "NewDad at the Pitchfork Music Festival". Pitchfork.
  7. "NewDad on Other Voices". www.othervoices.ie.
  8. Brayden, Kate (16 March 2021). "NewDad - I Wrote Songs About My Last Years In Secondary School But The Words Can Still Be Very Personal". hotpress.com. Hot Press.
  9. O'Connell, Cian (5 March 2020). "New Dad just basking in glow of debut delivery!". connaughttribune.ie. Connacht Tribune.
  10. Andrews, Kernan (29 March 2021). "NewDad Debut EP Roisin Dubh Show". Galway Advertiser.
  11. "Behind The Music-NewDad". rte.ie. RTE. 30 March 2021.
  12. "Steve Lamacq on BBC 6 Music". bbc.co.uk. BBC.
  13. Cummings, Bill (16 March 2021). "INTRODUCING: NewDad". God is in the TV.
  14. "NEWDAD - WAVES". diymag.com. DIY.
  15. Doherty, Kelly (14 April 2021). "The Small Details of Break-ups". The Journal of Music.
  16. Taysom, Joe (11 March 2021). "Why you need to start listening to NewDad". Far Out Magazine.
  17. Coffey, Cailean (26 October 2021). "NewDad pull from cinematic nostalgia on mesmerising new single "Ladybird"". The Line of Best Fit.
  18. Byrne, Stephen (26 October 2021). "NEWDAD SHARE NEW SINGLE LADYBIRD AND ANNOUNCE WHELAN'S SHOW". goldenplec.com. GoldenPlec.
  19. Homewood, Ben (28 October 2020). "Making Waves: NewDad". musicweek.com. Music Week.
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