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18th Aug 2016

JOE’s New Song of the Day #314: Apella – ‘We Met At A Party’

Paddy McKenna

Introducing Apella.

As any students of ancient civilisation (handiest Arts degree selection going) will know, the Apella was the popular deliberative assembly in the Ancient Greek city-state of Sparta.

This Apella are a popular music assembly fronted by yer man off the radio, Dara Quilty of 98fm.

Dara used to be in a band called Fox Avenue but his new two-piece outfit has a much punchier sound than its predecessor.

Joining him on stick duty is Ronan Nolan, previously seen backing up Bressie during his solo music adventures.

‘We Met At A Party’ is exactly the kind of unashamedly hooky pop song that you seldom hear Irish artists produce.

Pop is often seen as a dirty word, but to produce something this memorable and instantly catchy in 153 seconds is mad skillz.

It’s already been heard around the globe when it featured on a road biking viral video monster (3 minutes in) and expect to hear it lots on Irish radio stations over the coming months.

Clip via Apella