As the seasons inevitably turn and summer ambles into autumn, sometimes you need music to augment the mood and bridge that interim between the party and the comedown; the wind-down from long evenings boozing by the canal and the sinking realisation that it all has to finish up sometime. That seems as good a time as any to welcome a brand new friend into your life – four of them, more accurately – playing a blend of sad and raucous, joyous and melancholic songs about love and other less important things. Initially Taylor Johnson’s solo endeavour, the addition of his…
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Hot Cops, Oh Boland and Brand New Friend played an intimate BYOB show at Studio 11 as part of Catalyst Arts in Belfast. Photos by Ruth Kelly.
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Scottish indie rock band Idlewild with support from Franklyn and Brand New Friend at Belfast’s Limelight 2. Photos by Alan Maguire.
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Silences live at Bar Sub in Belfast with support from Brand New Friend and Son of the Hound. Photos by Sara Marsden.