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4 October 2025
Band: PETREL
Who: Formed in 2025 but built on years within Ireland’s
underground, Petrel are four frontmen in one room.
Track: SHAME
Only their 2nd single, following their
frantic debut Existing Condition.
Gerry Sheil (vocalist) “Shame is a rumination on authenticity, a hole we’ve often
found ourselves in everyday life and in our artistic work. There is a constant battle
to avoid influence or stagnation in political beliefs, relationships and in music.
The work that needs to be done to express ourselves freely, and without fear of
failure, I think is something we can all struggle with. Shame, lyrically, dives into
this internal argument in an effort to come out the other side knowing more
about how we see the world and our own creative process.”
TUTV: Lately, it feels like every single week Fontaines D.C. give birth to a new,
exhilarative Irish band. If you like your post-punk served with fervent flamboyance
and dazzling dynamism, you’ll love their noisy babies.
Petrel is one of them, actually a trained Irish 4-piece who found each other only this
year and don’t hesitate to make an instant impact with two consecutive sucker-punches. The new one Shame grabs your ears’ attention promptly.
Its breakneck speed, its pulsating drum/bass robustness, its cranky guitar salvos
and the frontman’s haunting vocals have a head-twisting repercussion and make you reach for the repeat button, pronto.