Mhaol

The Irish feminist punks tore the house down at their sold out Dublin homecoming (for four of them) on Saturday night. Blood, swear and tears: M(h)aol brought it all and more.

What happens when everyone in the audience becomes besotted with your band before your set is even three tracks in? Simply ask these Irish icons-in-the-making at SXSW...

As part of the celebrations surrounding Independent Venue Week the various members of M(h)aol, Thus Love and Sprints have undertaken a whirlwind stop gap tour of some of the smaller venues across the UK with each band taking a turn at headlining these joyously chaotic and rambunctious shows.

“There’s so many of you here! I’m shocked!” quips M(h)aol’s frontwoman Roísín Nic Ghearailt midway through the band’s headline show in YES’ Pink Room. “And appalled!” chimes drummer Connie Keane (AKA Fears), before the five-piece launch into another blistering number.

Manchester’s Castle Hotel is one of the city’s finest pubs, and last night saw the alehouse play host to M(h)aol; an Irish five-piece at the forefront of the new wave of punk.