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15th March 2019
07:18am GMT
It was not until Craig, a cousin of Darragh's who had moved to Ireland in May, joined the band as a bass player that the group really began to assume their identity and find the sound that defines them today.
V98's 'Dublin' encompasses all the ingredients for an indie pop-rock classic, paired with a video featuring some iconic Dublin locations.
https://youtu.be/QDKyDk2PMuA
Clip via V98 Official
The band told us: "The aim for 'Dublin' was to take traditional lyrical themes of love and loss - which can be voiced in quite a disembodied way in a lot of songs - and tether them to a very real location: the city which we have all lived in, left, and returned to at some time or another in our lives.
"At the same time there's a kind of knowing wink to the often kitschy idea of “Irishness” in this song. Folk music references, Dublin bus routes, a Celtic sounding breakdown and, crucially, like most Irish love stories, it begins in the back of a pub."
You can find out more about the band via their Facebook page right here.
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