Akoustik Anarkhy - manchester's premier live night visits Dublin with a night headlined by St. Helens based act The Loungs. A six piece band-cum-gang, The Loungs produce kaleidoscopic pop in a grey world – music filled with colour and sunshine, peppered with trumpets, time changes, made-up words and catchy, singalong choruses, File next to Super Furry Animals, The Beta Band, ELO and that weird album you bought in the Age Concern shop because you liked the cover. Other acts on the night include newly formed Dublin outfit The Makestrange (compiled of members of previous Dublin based bands). LA Pals travel from Manchester for their first Irish show and Sam Pridell, one half of London based duo Sam & Me opens the night in the Boom Boom Room

The Loungs debut album 'We Are The Champ' available now -

"One of the most exhausting but enjoyable 34 minutes you'll spend listening to music this year...Don't hesitate to give it a chance."
NME

“Lissom psychedelic folk rock...sumptuous harmonies... gloriously rowdy.”
Q MAGAZINE

“Classy pop melodies...joyous, White Album-style pick’n’mix mayhem.”
UNCUT MAGAZINE

“We Are The Champ oozes geniality throughout and, at times, becomes positively majestic...The best thing to come out of St.Helens since the East Lancs Road.”
THE WORD MAGAZINE

“One can't but help like its gentle madcap/joi de vivre... The Loungs cook up an interesting and imaginative new music.”
RECORD COLLECTOR

“A joyous debut...brims with sonic playfulness... guaranteed to lift the spirits. ****”
THE SUN

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