• Premiere: Empty Lungs – ‘Medicine/Bernadette’

    October 2, 2015 - By 

    Ahead of launching it at Belfast’s Empire Music Hall on Wednesday, October 7, we’re pleased to present an exclusive first listen to the new double A-side from Belfast alt-punk band Empty Lungs. Tracked by Andy Coles, ‘Medicine/Bernadette’ – was mixed by Chris Ryan and mastered by Dan Coutant in New York – captures the Kev Jones-fronted quartet at their emphatic best. See below for the band’s upcoming tour dates and our premiere of the release. The online sales from Bernadette will be donated to womenonweb.org.

  • Watch: Empty Lungs – Medicine

    September 9, 2015 - By 

    With its launch set to take place at Belfast’s iconic Empire Music Hall on Wednesday, October 7, alt-punk quartet Empty Lungs have unveiled the video for their new single ‘Medicine’. Revealing the band’s more saccharine side – and we mean that without any unfavourable connotations  – the Kev Jones-fronted four-piece once more fuse rousing refrains with an earnestness tempered with a keen balance of weight and restraint. Following the single launch at the Empire, the band will also play the following East Coast dates: October 07: Empire Music Hall, Belfast, Ireland October 23: Philadelphia, PA (Empty Lungs Acoustic) October 24: New York, NY October 26:…

  • Watch: BeeMickSee – Awkward

    March 12, 2014 - By 

    Featuring his good friend Kev Jones from alt-punk band Empty Lungs, Belfast-based hip hop artist Brendan Seamus AKA BeeMickSee has unveiled the video for his new single, ‘Awkward’. Directed by Lauren Dusty McLune, the video – also featuring Seamus – is nicely edited together Sarah McGlinchey. The single itself is taken from BeeMickSee’s forthcoming album, The Belfast Yank, which features co-production from Rocky O’Reilly. BeeMickSee will play the following dates over the next couple of weeks: March 17: w/Blood or Whiskey and More Than Conquerors – Lavery’s Bar, Belfast April 24: Sweeney’s, Dublin April 25: w/Pocket Billiards – Stiff Kitten, Belfast April…

  • The Record #003: Empty Lungs

    January 14, 2014 - By 

    In the third installment of The Record, Liam Kielt tottered along to Belfast’s Start Together Studio to capture alt-punk band Empty Lungs laying down some new songs for a forthcoming release. Have a gander at those shots and Brian Coney’s interview with Kevin Jones from the band below. And once you’re finished, feel free to check out our in-studio pieces with the equally excellent Bouts and Jape! Hi Kev. Liam captured you guys recording at Start Together studio late last year. What were you guys recording and when can we expect to hear it? We were recording two new tracks…

  • Video exclusive: Empty Lungs – ‘Until The Day We Die’

    July 9, 2013 - By 

    Taken from their Stand Up EP, we have an exclusive preview of Belfast punk band Empty Lungs new single ‘Until The Day We Die’. Comprised of footage shot at the band’s EP launch show, the video was shot by Caught In The Headlight Productions. The video will be officially released on Thursday, July 11. After playing NSX Festival in Dundalk on August, the band will embark on a Scottish tour: August 14 – Sound Magic Studios, Ayr August 15 – Nice’N’Sleazy, Glasgow August 16 – Green Rooms, Perth August 17 – Tam’s Bar, Buckhaven (Matinee) August 17 – Banshee Labyrinth, Edinburgh (Club Night) August 18 – 20 Rocks, Dundee   Details of a forthcoming European…