Cork risers Pebbledash share the second single from their anticipated upcoming EP To Cast the Sea in Concrete (5th November), ‘Cell’ – released October 1st. The single comes as the band announce their music being used in the upcoming Netflix series House Of Guiness and following the recent UK So Young Tour with Cardinals and Mên An Tol, and ahead of the band’s upcoming UK and Irish headline tour.
Leaning into their shoegaze tendencies, the band showcase a singular fusion of Irish traditional music, atmospheric alternative rock, grunge, and post-punk undertones on the new single ‘Cell’. Recorded by Cathal MacGabhann (Altered Hours) and mixed by Andy Killian (Pretty Happy), the track layers reverb-soaked, jangling guitars with stylistic, melancholic vocals to create an ethereal, haunting beauty set against its dissonant note choices.
The verses build suspense through hushed delivery before a wail of feedback signals each eruption into a flourishing wall of drums, biting distortion, and enveloping bass. The second verse mirrors the first in its dynamic shift, soft, layered vocals dissolving into an intense guitar break, reinforcing the track’s push and pull between fragility and an expressive sense of release. This interplay of dark and light – beauty and noise, captures the essence of Pebbledash, a band who move elegantly between tender reflection and uncompromising noise-rock intensity.
Speaking about the track, Fionnbharr Hickey explains – “This song is both an exploration of facing the parts of you that are usually hidden away from view, the parts of you that scare you whilst also being a comment on the futility of life itself and the fact that none of this matters and the frustration that this can bring. Asha’s chanting vocals resonating with the screeching feedback of guitars echo these exasperations, perhaps my favourite moment in the EP is on this track dropping with the instrumental break a vicious and searing guitar feedback. It just brings delight to my ears every time I listen back to it, I really think people will get a sense of our live shows from the track and the dynamics we bring to the stage.”
Pebbledash have built a growing reputation as both a live band and on record. Building a whole host of acclaim, including support across BBC Radio 6 Music, Radio X (X-Posure Hot One), RTE (online, 2FM), Clash, Dork, Hot Press, Nialler9, Psychedelic Baby Magazine, Hard Of Hearing, Far Out, District Magazine and Golden Plec among others, the band have also become a firm favourite of So Young, appearing among the magazine’s tracks of the year and playing live So Young nights. The band has also gained significant Spotify Editorial playlist support, appearing on New Music Friday UK, melomainia, Fresh Folk, and Fresh Finds to name a few.
Upcoming tour dates:
23rd October – 25th October
Left Of The Dial, Rotterdam
28th October
They’re Gonna Be Big, Paris
PEBBLEDASH HEADLINE TOUR:
6th November
Cyprus Avenue, Cork
7th November
Curveball, Dublin
8th November
Voodoo, Belfast
12th November
Servant’s Jazz Quarters, London
15th November
Castle Hotel, Manchester
16th November
The Attic, Leeds
More TBA
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Pebbledash are:
Fionnbharr Hickey (vocals/guitar)
Asha Egan McCutcheon (vocals)
Cormac Donovan O’Neill (synth/ guitar)
Eoin Schuch (drums)
Pebbledash – Cell
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