Beyond the Pale: a Story of Irish Indie w/ Brynna Maeve - 3rd October 2025

Beyond the Pale is inspired by the music my mum raised me on in early 2000s Derry—a wee city in the North of Ireland, right on the border. She’s always been a music lover, but growing up in the North during the 1980s and 1990s meant that crossing into the Republic to see live acts wasn’t always easy or safe, and few international artists made it up North. Because of that, her love for homegrown Irish music ran deep, and that love was then passed down to me. This mix of 1980s and 1990s Irish new wave, indie pop, dream pop, and shoegaze is a reflection of the music that filled our house and car in my childhood. It’s also proof that most Irish music exists outside of narrow cultural clichés and pop nationalism– perhaps a political statement in its own right...
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