Irish 4-piece Bleech 9:3 today share their debut single ‘Ceiling’ via Ra-Ra Rok Records (Wu-Lu, The Goa Express, Bingo Fury). The quartet, fresh off an extensive run of dates with Keo, will support Shame on their upcoming Ireland dates. The band is headed up by Barry Quinlan (vocals/guitar) and Sam Duffy (guitar), the pair having met at AA, where Sam became Barry’s sponsor. They moved from Dublin to London together in 2024. “I think the vulnerability of those meetings helped us be a lot more comfortable with each other from the get go” they say about these first recordings. ‘Ceiling‘ toys with 90’s infused heavy alt-grunge, music catalysed by a longing which transcends the material realm, a fixation upon negative space, and the desire for erasure.
On the new single Bleech 9:3 share:
“The story behind “Ceiling” is a sad one. I realised while writing the lyrics that it was about my friend Ryan who I met at a recovery meeting in Dublin. He passed away before he really got the chance to get better. It’s not something I’ve ever purposefully sat down to write about, it’s all those types of things which try to make contact with me through the writing. It’s like it’s trying to manifest itself to be released or something. Some things you hold on to for a long time before they finally find their way out.“
Bleech 9:3 Live Dates
October
9 – The Social, London
11 – Dolans Kasbah, Limerick
15 – Róisín Dubh, Galway (Headline show)
17 – Grand Social, Dublin (Headline show)
23 – Left of the Dial, Rotterdam
November
12 – National Stadium, Dublin (supporting Shame)
13 – Cyprus Avenue, Cork (supporting Shame)
For more information on Bleech 9:3 please check their instagram.