Manchester quartet PINS with support from Montauk Hotel and Other Creatures at Dublin’s Academy 2. Photos by Ian McDonnell.
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Fast-rising Manchester quartet PINS with support from Dott at Roisin Dubh in Galway. Photos by Ciaran O Maolain.
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Prepare to embrace PINS, because everyone else will. Before you lies something quite special. The four-piece, all-female line up has struck a gold many bands can only dream of. The gold in question is finding the perfect fit in each other and just the right musical formula: the 14 tracks on their debut LP Girls Like Us is a striking mix of pop perfection and obvious musical talent. Lead by vocalist and guitarist Faith Holgate, the Manchester-native designed to have a four-piece girls only band, in part, because of the closeness four girls can achieve when it’s just girls. And…