New striking strokes
21 April 2025
Band: FOR NINA
Who: Irish indie trio that met in college in 2023, and quickly found common ground through a shared love of alternative rock and melding contrasting musical ideas.
New single: HOUNDS
“The track came out of nothing really. We were just jamming out over the main riff and
then everything seemed to click and within half-an-hour we had the song. We wrote the
chorus in a way that hopefully highlights the uncertain chaos of being ‘twenty-something.
We were in a tricky place with our college course at the time and the feelings manifested themselves within the song. At least those feelings led to something good!”
TUTV: Hounds opens with a roasting riff that boggles your mind and head on the spot. Immediately followed by poised vocalist Holly Owens and before you can say “the Pope
is dead” all hell breaks loose with a whopping wall-of-drums-bashing sound explosion.
This staggering rollercoaster process repeats itself a couple of times, testing
your speakers’ flexibility. These 20-something Irish dogs make a loud and clear
mark. You know where the repeat button is.
HOUNDS