Nick’s very good at getting me out of my comfort zone so I like him a lot.”.
After months of layoff and with a new deal with a major US record label, Westmeath band The Academic have sprung back into action with a new EP. They are a band that has all the ingredients of a wide-range breakout as their music spreads across Europe and beyond in 2017.” – Operation Every Band. I remember feeling so shocked at how far away people were.”. It's that simple. We write, we rehearse, we plug in and we play. AZLyrics. The results are the same melodically primed guitar pop but now tinged with the buzz and purr of electronica. Their last gig prior to lockdown being March 13’s double-header in Dubai – they’ve clocked up serious air miles, these boys – with Picture This. In late 2014 word started spreading throughout the flatlands of Westmeath, a small county in the middle of Ireland about these 4 young kids who played really fast and short sets that sometimes just fell apart but sometimes was pure magic to witness. With an already impressive live resume which include some of Europe’s most high-profile festivals as well as opening slots for acts like Twenty One Pilots, The Strokes, Catfish And The Bottlemen, The Academic have also been a firm favourite with the online blogosphere reaching No. Craig Fitzgerald has always been a cheery chap, but today you’d swear that Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, Dimwali, Ede, Hanukkah, Cinque de Mayo, his birthday and The Rose of Tralee have all come together. Unlike the Fontaines D.C. boys, Craig was superglued to Normal People. The Academic Lyrics "Acting My Age" I'm not avoiding you I'm waiting I'm not so good at confrontation I'm not afraid to say I'm shaking Wish I could start a conversation ... Craig Fitzgerald, Stephen Finian Murtagh, Matthew Bernard Murtagh, Dean Martin Gavin. It’s surreal to think that we’re now part of that.”. The band has also enjoyed airplay on XFM and BBC Radio 1. It was amazing to hear his story and how much hard work they’ve put in for years.”, “Niall Horan tweeted us a couple of years ago and has come to a gig once or twice in a very low-key manner,” Craig says. In late 2014 word started spreading throughout the flatlands of Westmeath, a small county in the middle of Ireland about these 4 young kids who played really fast and short sets that sometimes just fell apart but sometimes was pure magic to witness. It saved me and I’m lucky to have it. If you’re not careful it can catch up on you. The band’s song ‘Different’ was featured on Spotify’s ‘New Music Monday’ playlist, reaching number 9 on the Irish Radio Airplay Chart, while previous release ‘Bear Claws’ was featured as RTE 2FM’s ‘Song Of The Week’. 3 on Hype Machine, amassed millions of streams online and have also had widespread international radio play including support from BBC Radio 1 in the UK (Annie Mac, Huw Stephens, Phil Taggart). The Academic Lyrics. "I definitely think it does," says Fitzgerald.
It was when they left the UK and for tax reasons all moved to the South of France. In 2015 they played the main stage at both Y Not Festival and Indiependence Festival and performed at British Summer Time in Hyde Park, on the XFM stage at the Great Escape, at Boardmasters Festival in Cornwall and Reeperbahan Festival in Germany. When I enquire as to whether anyone was ring rusty at last night’s rehearsal, Craig winces a bit and admits: “Probably me to be honest – the lyrics just left my head. Made up of Craig Fitzgerald, Dean Gavin, Matthew and Stephen Murtagh, The Academic grew up just outside the small rural Irish town of Mullingar, about an hour west of Dublin and set in the heart of Ireland’s midlands. We are discussing the prospect of the band getting to play live again as the coronavirus pandemic continues to lay waste to the live music scene, robbing musicians of their right and need to perform and connect with their audience. Meáin Náisiúnta Seirbhíse Poiblí na hÉireann, After months of layoff and with a new deal with a major US major label, Westmeath band The Academic have sprung back into action with a new EP. Newly signed to one of the world’s most famous labels, The Academic have upped the pop-rock ante with new EP, Acting My Age.
Sign up to get updates from us on news. So I’m still optimistic about making music and putting it out there.”, • Acting My Age is out now on Capitol Records. ", Acting My Age EP is out now. All rights reserved. The Academic’s celebrity hobnobbing doesn’t stop there. We just recorded it in the studio so we’ve never done the drum-stick count in like you would do at a gig.”. When we eventually got to Croke Park, it was great but very intense.
Acting My Age. From playing a ‘Battle of The Bands’ competition at their local school the band have emerged as one of the most exciting live guitar bands on the music scene. The Academic, like everyone else, faced into a lockdown which may now be slowly lifting but will leave lingering effects for a long time, especially for anyone trying to make a living in the creative arena. While they’d much rather have been out giving it socks live, lockdown was the first time The Academic have been able to stop and fully process some of the bananas things that have happened to them. . “It was in a rehearsal space in Mullingar that we’ve used for years. They recorded some of their new EP with Kaiser Chiefs’ Nick Hodgson behind the desk and the band also broadened their horizons to take in new influences such as New Order and Talking Heads. The Acting My Age EP sees the band move on from the more fumbling lyrical concerns of their debut album to address perhaps more grown-up issues - and with a streamlining of their sound. These songs are hopefully me moving on from the ‘he said, she said’ songs to something a little bit more open and honest. "That’s why we’ve toured for us so long and lasted so long because we know each other inside out. Is Craig hopeful that they’ll get to tour Acting My Age? This, incidentally, being a man whose C.V. ranges from Mark Ronson and Shirley Bassey to Duran Duran and Shaun The Sheep. Newly signed to one of the world’s most famous labels, The Academic have upped the pop-rock ante with new EP, Acting My Age.
There’s this one segment where I was, ‘Whoaaa, this is total rock ‘n’ roll behaviour.’ Keith Richards starts telling the craziest story.
We have grown up as people and as musicians over the last few years and we have gone through a lot to get to the point where we are happy with the music that we are making right now.". Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Normal People, Kerouac and hopes for the future all feature as singer Craig Fitzgerald talks to Stuart Clark. Sometimes," laughs Fitzgerald. "These songs now are trying to explore the emotions behind the things we are actually experiencing, mental health stuff that I struggled with over a couple of years. Unspoken. It’s never been a problem for us. Forming in their early teens, The Academic are Craig Fitzgerald, Dean Gavin and brothers Matt and Stephen Murtagh. Borat Subsequent Moviefilm; more unbound bad taste, Rory Gallagher's nephew on life with his famous uncle, Lily James says Rebecca role was "deeply terrifying", Kristen Scott Thomas brings the chills as Mrs. Danvers. We were asking were we ever going to go on tour again . "I think over the past few years we have been growing up and entering early adulthood so that title is kinda ironic because all four of us in the band can be extremely childish and it’s ironic for us to be saying act your age.". Last year, on Fitzgerald’s birthday in fact, the former indie tyros were wined and dined by the head of Capitol Records after he’d seen them play a gig in London and were signed to the major, home to Sam Smith, Katy Perry, and Christine and The Queens, after a spell on New York imprint Downtown Records. Meeting in school, the quartet became firm friends through their shared of love of toasted sandwiches, Nicholas … Continued Signing to Capitol Records should also bring the band a higher profile and maybe a reinvention as an even more commercial concern. Craig Fitzgerald's band The Academic have supported the likes of Pixies, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds and Kodaline, performing at various festivals throughout Europe.
“Last night was our first time in the same room playing together for a hundred days,” The Academic singer beams. As befits a man of words, Craig had his reading list fully worked out. RTÉ.ie is the website of Raidió Teilifís Éireann, Ireland's National Public Service Media. Quick pop quiz: who’s the coolest Rolling Stone?
As the bewildered and beleaguered Rob asks in High Fidelity, what came first, the music or the misery? This website uses cookies.
There was definitely a kind of fear and I couldn’t focus on music. “No, we met Capitol UK in London,” Craig resumes. “I don’t want to say I’m pessimistic but I’m definitely not optimistic that touring is going to happen this year or anytime soon,” he concludes. "I couldn’t take my eyes off the news for the first few weeks. merch and more.
There has been no defined path or formula for us. Craig Fitzgerald's band The Academic have supported the likes of Pixies, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds and Kodaline, performing at various festivals throughout Europe. I just needed to get my head in the game a little bit. I’m definitely a shy person in my own time but I’ve figured out a place I can go to when I’m on stage and leave shy Craig behind for an hour or so. “I watched it after people lost their minds over it,” he grins. Frontman Craig Fitzgerald … No frills just short, sweet and straight to the point. So does being in a band cause or help potential health issues? Craig deferred the second year of his song writing degree at BIMM Dublin to focus on his work with four-piece guitar band from Mullingar known as ‘The Academic’.
I think he might just be the coolest.”. Fitzgerald, who formed the band with schoolmates Dean Gavin and brothers Matt and Stephen Murtagh in 2013, has been spending the last four months at home in Killucan (Pop: 1,370) just outside Mullingar, Zoom calling with the rest of the band, reading, and discovering new music. “He’s done so much wacky stuff – I don’t understand his brain and I find that really refreshing. “We’re very lucky that music is so easily made now with technology. A.
No frills just short, sweet and straight to the point.
Nick’s very good at getting me out of my comfort zone so I like him a lot.”.
After months of layoff and with a new deal with a major US record label, Westmeath band The Academic have sprung back into action with a new EP. They are a band that has all the ingredients of a wide-range breakout as their music spreads across Europe and beyond in 2017.” – Operation Every Band. I remember feeling so shocked at how far away people were.”. It's that simple. We write, we rehearse, we plug in and we play. AZLyrics. The results are the same melodically primed guitar pop but now tinged with the buzz and purr of electronica. Their last gig prior to lockdown being March 13’s double-header in Dubai – they’ve clocked up serious air miles, these boys – with Picture This. In late 2014 word started spreading throughout the flatlands of Westmeath, a small county in the middle of Ireland about these 4 young kids who played really fast and short sets that sometimes just fell apart but sometimes was pure magic to witness. With an already impressive live resume which include some of Europe’s most high-profile festivals as well as opening slots for acts like Twenty One Pilots, The Strokes, Catfish And The Bottlemen, The Academic have also been a firm favourite with the online blogosphere reaching No. Craig Fitzgerald has always been a cheery chap, but today you’d swear that Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, Dimwali, Ede, Hanukkah, Cinque de Mayo, his birthday and The Rose of Tralee have all come together. Unlike the Fontaines D.C. boys, Craig was superglued to Normal People. The Academic Lyrics "Acting My Age" I'm not avoiding you I'm waiting I'm not so good at confrontation I'm not afraid to say I'm shaking Wish I could start a conversation ... Craig Fitzgerald, Stephen Finian Murtagh, Matthew Bernard Murtagh, Dean Martin Gavin. It’s surreal to think that we’re now part of that.”. The band has also enjoyed airplay on XFM and BBC Radio 1. It was amazing to hear his story and how much hard work they’ve put in for years.”, “Niall Horan tweeted us a couple of years ago and has come to a gig once or twice in a very low-key manner,” Craig says. In late 2014 word started spreading throughout the flatlands of Westmeath, a small county in the middle of Ireland about these 4 young kids who played really fast and short sets that sometimes just fell apart but sometimes was pure magic to witness. It saved me and I’m lucky to have it. If you’re not careful it can catch up on you. The band’s song ‘Different’ was featured on Spotify’s ‘New Music Monday’ playlist, reaching number 9 on the Irish Radio Airplay Chart, while previous release ‘Bear Claws’ was featured as RTE 2FM’s ‘Song Of The Week’. 3 on Hype Machine, amassed millions of streams online and have also had widespread international radio play including support from BBC Radio 1 in the UK (Annie Mac, Huw Stephens, Phil Taggart). The Academic Lyrics. "I definitely think it does," says Fitzgerald.
It was when they left the UK and for tax reasons all moved to the South of France. In 2015 they played the main stage at both Y Not Festival and Indiependence Festival and performed at British Summer Time in Hyde Park, on the XFM stage at the Great Escape, at Boardmasters Festival in Cornwall and Reeperbahan Festival in Germany. When I enquire as to whether anyone was ring rusty at last night’s rehearsal, Craig winces a bit and admits: “Probably me to be honest – the lyrics just left my head. Made up of Craig Fitzgerald, Dean Gavin, Matthew and Stephen Murtagh, The Academic grew up just outside the small rural Irish town of Mullingar, about an hour west of Dublin and set in the heart of Ireland’s midlands. We are discussing the prospect of the band getting to play live again as the coronavirus pandemic continues to lay waste to the live music scene, robbing musicians of their right and need to perform and connect with their audience. Meáin Náisiúnta Seirbhíse Poiblí na hÉireann, After months of layoff and with a new deal with a major US major label, Westmeath band The Academic have sprung back into action with a new EP. Newly signed to one of the world’s most famous labels, The Academic have upped the pop-rock ante with new EP, Acting My Age.
Sign up to get updates from us on news. So I’m still optimistic about making music and putting it out there.”, • Acting My Age is out now on Capitol Records. ", Acting My Age EP is out now. All rights reserved. The Academic’s celebrity hobnobbing doesn’t stop there. We just recorded it in the studio so we’ve never done the drum-stick count in like you would do at a gig.”. When we eventually got to Croke Park, it was great but very intense.
Acting My Age. From playing a ‘Battle of The Bands’ competition at their local school the band have emerged as one of the most exciting live guitar bands on the music scene. The Academic, like everyone else, faced into a lockdown which may now be slowly lifting but will leave lingering effects for a long time, especially for anyone trying to make a living in the creative arena. While they’d much rather have been out giving it socks live, lockdown was the first time The Academic have been able to stop and fully process some of the bananas things that have happened to them. . “It was in a rehearsal space in Mullingar that we’ve used for years. They recorded some of their new EP with Kaiser Chiefs’ Nick Hodgson behind the desk and the band also broadened their horizons to take in new influences such as New Order and Talking Heads. The Acting My Age EP sees the band move on from the more fumbling lyrical concerns of their debut album to address perhaps more grown-up issues - and with a streamlining of their sound. These songs are hopefully me moving on from the ‘he said, she said’ songs to something a little bit more open and honest. "That’s why we’ve toured for us so long and lasted so long because we know each other inside out. Is Craig hopeful that they’ll get to tour Acting My Age? This, incidentally, being a man whose C.V. ranges from Mark Ronson and Shirley Bassey to Duran Duran and Shaun The Sheep. Newly signed to one of the world’s most famous labels, The Academic have upped the pop-rock ante with new EP, Acting My Age.
There’s this one segment where I was, ‘Whoaaa, this is total rock ‘n’ roll behaviour.’ Keith Richards starts telling the craziest story.
We have grown up as people and as musicians over the last few years and we have gone through a lot to get to the point where we are happy with the music that we are making right now.". Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Normal People, Kerouac and hopes for the future all feature as singer Craig Fitzgerald talks to Stuart Clark. Sometimes," laughs Fitzgerald. "These songs now are trying to explore the emotions behind the things we are actually experiencing, mental health stuff that I struggled with over a couple of years. Unspoken. It’s never been a problem for us. Forming in their early teens, The Academic are Craig Fitzgerald, Dean Gavin and brothers Matt and Stephen Murtagh. Borat Subsequent Moviefilm; more unbound bad taste, Rory Gallagher's nephew on life with his famous uncle, Lily James says Rebecca role was "deeply terrifying", Kristen Scott Thomas brings the chills as Mrs. Danvers. We were asking were we ever going to go on tour again . "I think over the past few years we have been growing up and entering early adulthood so that title is kinda ironic because all four of us in the band can be extremely childish and it’s ironic for us to be saying act your age.". Last year, on Fitzgerald’s birthday in fact, the former indie tyros were wined and dined by the head of Capitol Records after he’d seen them play a gig in London and were signed to the major, home to Sam Smith, Katy Perry, and Christine and The Queens, after a spell on New York imprint Downtown Records. Meeting in school, the quartet became firm friends through their shared of love of toasted sandwiches, Nicholas … Continued Signing to Capitol Records should also bring the band a higher profile and maybe a reinvention as an even more commercial concern. Craig Fitzgerald's band The Academic have supported the likes of Pixies, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds and Kodaline, performing at various festivals throughout Europe.
“Last night was our first time in the same room playing together for a hundred days,” The Academic singer beams. As befits a man of words, Craig had his reading list fully worked out. RTÉ.ie is the website of Raidió Teilifís Éireann, Ireland's National Public Service Media. Quick pop quiz: who’s the coolest Rolling Stone?
As the bewildered and beleaguered Rob asks in High Fidelity, what came first, the music or the misery? This website uses cookies.
There was definitely a kind of fear and I couldn’t focus on music. “No, we met Capitol UK in London,” Craig resumes. “I don’t want to say I’m pessimistic but I’m definitely not optimistic that touring is going to happen this year or anytime soon,” he concludes. "I couldn’t take my eyes off the news for the first few weeks. merch and more.
There has been no defined path or formula for us. Craig Fitzgerald's band The Academic have supported the likes of Pixies, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds and Kodaline, performing at various festivals throughout Europe. I just needed to get my head in the game a little bit. I’m definitely a shy person in my own time but I’ve figured out a place I can go to when I’m on stage and leave shy Craig behind for an hour or so. “I watched it after people lost their minds over it,” he grins. Frontman Craig Fitzgerald … No frills just short, sweet and straight to the point. So does being in a band cause or help potential health issues? Craig deferred the second year of his song writing degree at BIMM Dublin to focus on his work with four-piece guitar band from Mullingar known as ‘The Academic’.
I think he might just be the coolest.”. Fitzgerald, who formed the band with schoolmates Dean Gavin and brothers Matt and Stephen Murtagh in 2013, has been spending the last four months at home in Killucan (Pop: 1,370) just outside Mullingar, Zoom calling with the rest of the band, reading, and discovering new music. “He’s done so much wacky stuff – I don’t understand his brain and I find that really refreshing. “We’re very lucky that music is so easily made now with technology. A.
No frills just short, sweet and straight to the point.
Nick’s very good at getting me out of my comfort zone so I like him a lot.”.
After months of layoff and with a new deal with a major US record label, Westmeath band The Academic have sprung back into action with a new EP. They are a band that has all the ingredients of a wide-range breakout as their music spreads across Europe and beyond in 2017.” – Operation Every Band. I remember feeling so shocked at how far away people were.”. It's that simple. We write, we rehearse, we plug in and we play. AZLyrics. The results are the same melodically primed guitar pop but now tinged with the buzz and purr of electronica. Their last gig prior to lockdown being March 13’s double-header in Dubai – they’ve clocked up serious air miles, these boys – with Picture This. In late 2014 word started spreading throughout the flatlands of Westmeath, a small county in the middle of Ireland about these 4 young kids who played really fast and short sets that sometimes just fell apart but sometimes was pure magic to witness. With an already impressive live resume which include some of Europe’s most high-profile festivals as well as opening slots for acts like Twenty One Pilots, The Strokes, Catfish And The Bottlemen, The Academic have also been a firm favourite with the online blogosphere reaching No. Craig Fitzgerald has always been a cheery chap, but today you’d swear that Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, Dimwali, Ede, Hanukkah, Cinque de Mayo, his birthday and The Rose of Tralee have all come together. Unlike the Fontaines D.C. boys, Craig was superglued to Normal People. The Academic Lyrics "Acting My Age" I'm not avoiding you I'm waiting I'm not so good at confrontation I'm not afraid to say I'm shaking Wish I could start a conversation ... Craig Fitzgerald, Stephen Finian Murtagh, Matthew Bernard Murtagh, Dean Martin Gavin. It’s surreal to think that we’re now part of that.”. The band has also enjoyed airplay on XFM and BBC Radio 1. It was amazing to hear his story and how much hard work they’ve put in for years.”, “Niall Horan tweeted us a couple of years ago and has come to a gig once or twice in a very low-key manner,” Craig says. In late 2014 word started spreading throughout the flatlands of Westmeath, a small county in the middle of Ireland about these 4 young kids who played really fast and short sets that sometimes just fell apart but sometimes was pure magic to witness. It saved me and I’m lucky to have it. If you’re not careful it can catch up on you. The band’s song ‘Different’ was featured on Spotify’s ‘New Music Monday’ playlist, reaching number 9 on the Irish Radio Airplay Chart, while previous release ‘Bear Claws’ was featured as RTE 2FM’s ‘Song Of The Week’. 3 on Hype Machine, amassed millions of streams online and have also had widespread international radio play including support from BBC Radio 1 in the UK (Annie Mac, Huw Stephens, Phil Taggart). The Academic Lyrics. "I definitely think it does," says Fitzgerald.
It was when they left the UK and for tax reasons all moved to the South of France. In 2015 they played the main stage at both Y Not Festival and Indiependence Festival and performed at British Summer Time in Hyde Park, on the XFM stage at the Great Escape, at Boardmasters Festival in Cornwall and Reeperbahan Festival in Germany. When I enquire as to whether anyone was ring rusty at last night’s rehearsal, Craig winces a bit and admits: “Probably me to be honest – the lyrics just left my head. Made up of Craig Fitzgerald, Dean Gavin, Matthew and Stephen Murtagh, The Academic grew up just outside the small rural Irish town of Mullingar, about an hour west of Dublin and set in the heart of Ireland’s midlands. We are discussing the prospect of the band getting to play live again as the coronavirus pandemic continues to lay waste to the live music scene, robbing musicians of their right and need to perform and connect with their audience. Meáin Náisiúnta Seirbhíse Poiblí na hÉireann, After months of layoff and with a new deal with a major US major label, Westmeath band The Academic have sprung back into action with a new EP. Newly signed to one of the world’s most famous labels, The Academic have upped the pop-rock ante with new EP, Acting My Age.
Sign up to get updates from us on news. So I’m still optimistic about making music and putting it out there.”, • Acting My Age is out now on Capitol Records. ", Acting My Age EP is out now. All rights reserved. The Academic’s celebrity hobnobbing doesn’t stop there. We just recorded it in the studio so we’ve never done the drum-stick count in like you would do at a gig.”. When we eventually got to Croke Park, it was great but very intense.
Acting My Age. From playing a ‘Battle of The Bands’ competition at their local school the band have emerged as one of the most exciting live guitar bands on the music scene. The Academic, like everyone else, faced into a lockdown which may now be slowly lifting but will leave lingering effects for a long time, especially for anyone trying to make a living in the creative arena. While they’d much rather have been out giving it socks live, lockdown was the first time The Academic have been able to stop and fully process some of the bananas things that have happened to them. . “It was in a rehearsal space in Mullingar that we’ve used for years. They recorded some of their new EP with Kaiser Chiefs’ Nick Hodgson behind the desk and the band also broadened their horizons to take in new influences such as New Order and Talking Heads. The Acting My Age EP sees the band move on from the more fumbling lyrical concerns of their debut album to address perhaps more grown-up issues - and with a streamlining of their sound. These songs are hopefully me moving on from the ‘he said, she said’ songs to something a little bit more open and honest. "That’s why we’ve toured for us so long and lasted so long because we know each other inside out. Is Craig hopeful that they’ll get to tour Acting My Age? This, incidentally, being a man whose C.V. ranges from Mark Ronson and Shirley Bassey to Duran Duran and Shaun The Sheep. Newly signed to one of the world’s most famous labels, The Academic have upped the pop-rock ante with new EP, Acting My Age.
There’s this one segment where I was, ‘Whoaaa, this is total rock ‘n’ roll behaviour.’ Keith Richards starts telling the craziest story.
We have grown up as people and as musicians over the last few years and we have gone through a lot to get to the point where we are happy with the music that we are making right now.". Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Normal People, Kerouac and hopes for the future all feature as singer Craig Fitzgerald talks to Stuart Clark. Sometimes," laughs Fitzgerald. "These songs now are trying to explore the emotions behind the things we are actually experiencing, mental health stuff that I struggled with over a couple of years. Unspoken. It’s never been a problem for us. Forming in their early teens, The Academic are Craig Fitzgerald, Dean Gavin and brothers Matt and Stephen Murtagh. Borat Subsequent Moviefilm; more unbound bad taste, Rory Gallagher's nephew on life with his famous uncle, Lily James says Rebecca role was "deeply terrifying", Kristen Scott Thomas brings the chills as Mrs. Danvers. We were asking were we ever going to go on tour again . "I think over the past few years we have been growing up and entering early adulthood so that title is kinda ironic because all four of us in the band can be extremely childish and it’s ironic for us to be saying act your age.". Last year, on Fitzgerald’s birthday in fact, the former indie tyros were wined and dined by the head of Capitol Records after he’d seen them play a gig in London and were signed to the major, home to Sam Smith, Katy Perry, and Christine and The Queens, after a spell on New York imprint Downtown Records. Meeting in school, the quartet became firm friends through their shared of love of toasted sandwiches, Nicholas … Continued Signing to Capitol Records should also bring the band a higher profile and maybe a reinvention as an even more commercial concern. Craig Fitzgerald's band The Academic have supported the likes of Pixies, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds and Kodaline, performing at various festivals throughout Europe.
“Last night was our first time in the same room playing together for a hundred days,” The Academic singer beams. As befits a man of words, Craig had his reading list fully worked out. RTÉ.ie is the website of Raidió Teilifís Éireann, Ireland's National Public Service Media. Quick pop quiz: who’s the coolest Rolling Stone?
As the bewildered and beleaguered Rob asks in High Fidelity, what came first, the music or the misery? This website uses cookies.
There was definitely a kind of fear and I couldn’t focus on music. “No, we met Capitol UK in London,” Craig resumes. “I don’t want to say I’m pessimistic but I’m definitely not optimistic that touring is going to happen this year or anytime soon,” he concludes. "I couldn’t take my eyes off the news for the first few weeks. merch and more.
There has been no defined path or formula for us. Craig Fitzgerald's band The Academic have supported the likes of Pixies, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds and Kodaline, performing at various festivals throughout Europe. I just needed to get my head in the game a little bit. I’m definitely a shy person in my own time but I’ve figured out a place I can go to when I’m on stage and leave shy Craig behind for an hour or so. “I watched it after people lost their minds over it,” he grins. Frontman Craig Fitzgerald … No frills just short, sweet and straight to the point. So does being in a band cause or help potential health issues? Craig deferred the second year of his song writing degree at BIMM Dublin to focus on his work with four-piece guitar band from Mullingar known as ‘The Academic’.
I think he might just be the coolest.”. Fitzgerald, who formed the band with schoolmates Dean Gavin and brothers Matt and Stephen Murtagh in 2013, has been spending the last four months at home in Killucan (Pop: 1,370) just outside Mullingar, Zoom calling with the rest of the band, reading, and discovering new music. “He’s done so much wacky stuff – I don’t understand his brain and I find that really refreshing. “We’re very lucky that music is so easily made now with technology. A.
No frills just short, sweet and straight to the point.
Nick’s very good at getting me out of my comfort zone so I like him a lot.”.
After months of layoff and with a new deal with a major US record label, Westmeath band The Academic have sprung back into action with a new EP. They are a band that has all the ingredients of a wide-range breakout as their music spreads across Europe and beyond in 2017.” – Operation Every Band. I remember feeling so shocked at how far away people were.”. It's that simple. We write, we rehearse, we plug in and we play. AZLyrics. The results are the same melodically primed guitar pop but now tinged with the buzz and purr of electronica. Their last gig prior to lockdown being March 13’s double-header in Dubai – they’ve clocked up serious air miles, these boys – with Picture This. In late 2014 word started spreading throughout the flatlands of Westmeath, a small county in the middle of Ireland about these 4 young kids who played really fast and short sets that sometimes just fell apart but sometimes was pure magic to witness. With an already impressive live resume which include some of Europe’s most high-profile festivals as well as opening slots for acts like Twenty One Pilots, The Strokes, Catfish And The Bottlemen, The Academic have also been a firm favourite with the online blogosphere reaching No. Craig Fitzgerald has always been a cheery chap, but today you’d swear that Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, Dimwali, Ede, Hanukkah, Cinque de Mayo, his birthday and The Rose of Tralee have all come together. Unlike the Fontaines D.C. boys, Craig was superglued to Normal People. The Academic Lyrics "Acting My Age" I'm not avoiding you I'm waiting I'm not so good at confrontation I'm not afraid to say I'm shaking Wish I could start a conversation ... Craig Fitzgerald, Stephen Finian Murtagh, Matthew Bernard Murtagh, Dean Martin Gavin. It’s surreal to think that we’re now part of that.”. The band has also enjoyed airplay on XFM and BBC Radio 1. It was amazing to hear his story and how much hard work they’ve put in for years.”, “Niall Horan tweeted us a couple of years ago and has come to a gig once or twice in a very low-key manner,” Craig says. In late 2014 word started spreading throughout the flatlands of Westmeath, a small county in the middle of Ireland about these 4 young kids who played really fast and short sets that sometimes just fell apart but sometimes was pure magic to witness. It saved me and I’m lucky to have it. If you’re not careful it can catch up on you. The band’s song ‘Different’ was featured on Spotify’s ‘New Music Monday’ playlist, reaching number 9 on the Irish Radio Airplay Chart, while previous release ‘Bear Claws’ was featured as RTE 2FM’s ‘Song Of The Week’. 3 on Hype Machine, amassed millions of streams online and have also had widespread international radio play including support from BBC Radio 1 in the UK (Annie Mac, Huw Stephens, Phil Taggart). The Academic Lyrics. "I definitely think it does," says Fitzgerald.
It was when they left the UK and for tax reasons all moved to the South of France. In 2015 they played the main stage at both Y Not Festival and Indiependence Festival and performed at British Summer Time in Hyde Park, on the XFM stage at the Great Escape, at Boardmasters Festival in Cornwall and Reeperbahan Festival in Germany. When I enquire as to whether anyone was ring rusty at last night’s rehearsal, Craig winces a bit and admits: “Probably me to be honest – the lyrics just left my head. Made up of Craig Fitzgerald, Dean Gavin, Matthew and Stephen Murtagh, The Academic grew up just outside the small rural Irish town of Mullingar, about an hour west of Dublin and set in the heart of Ireland’s midlands. We are discussing the prospect of the band getting to play live again as the coronavirus pandemic continues to lay waste to the live music scene, robbing musicians of their right and need to perform and connect with their audience. Meáin Náisiúnta Seirbhíse Poiblí na hÉireann, After months of layoff and with a new deal with a major US major label, Westmeath band The Academic have sprung back into action with a new EP. Newly signed to one of the world’s most famous labels, The Academic have upped the pop-rock ante with new EP, Acting My Age.
Sign up to get updates from us on news. So I’m still optimistic about making music and putting it out there.”, • Acting My Age is out now on Capitol Records. ", Acting My Age EP is out now. All rights reserved. The Academic’s celebrity hobnobbing doesn’t stop there. We just recorded it in the studio so we’ve never done the drum-stick count in like you would do at a gig.”. When we eventually got to Croke Park, it was great but very intense.
Acting My Age. From playing a ‘Battle of The Bands’ competition at their local school the band have emerged as one of the most exciting live guitar bands on the music scene. The Academic, like everyone else, faced into a lockdown which may now be slowly lifting but will leave lingering effects for a long time, especially for anyone trying to make a living in the creative arena. While they’d much rather have been out giving it socks live, lockdown was the first time The Academic have been able to stop and fully process some of the bananas things that have happened to them. . “It was in a rehearsal space in Mullingar that we’ve used for years. They recorded some of their new EP with Kaiser Chiefs’ Nick Hodgson behind the desk and the band also broadened their horizons to take in new influences such as New Order and Talking Heads. The Acting My Age EP sees the band move on from the more fumbling lyrical concerns of their debut album to address perhaps more grown-up issues - and with a streamlining of their sound. These songs are hopefully me moving on from the ‘he said, she said’ songs to something a little bit more open and honest. "That’s why we’ve toured for us so long and lasted so long because we know each other inside out. Is Craig hopeful that they’ll get to tour Acting My Age? This, incidentally, being a man whose C.V. ranges from Mark Ronson and Shirley Bassey to Duran Duran and Shaun The Sheep. Newly signed to one of the world’s most famous labels, The Academic have upped the pop-rock ante with new EP, Acting My Age.
There’s this one segment where I was, ‘Whoaaa, this is total rock ‘n’ roll behaviour.’ Keith Richards starts telling the craziest story.
We have grown up as people and as musicians over the last few years and we have gone through a lot to get to the point where we are happy with the music that we are making right now.". Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Normal People, Kerouac and hopes for the future all feature as singer Craig Fitzgerald talks to Stuart Clark. Sometimes," laughs Fitzgerald. "These songs now are trying to explore the emotions behind the things we are actually experiencing, mental health stuff that I struggled with over a couple of years. Unspoken. It’s never been a problem for us. Forming in their early teens, The Academic are Craig Fitzgerald, Dean Gavin and brothers Matt and Stephen Murtagh. Borat Subsequent Moviefilm; more unbound bad taste, Rory Gallagher's nephew on life with his famous uncle, Lily James says Rebecca role was "deeply terrifying", Kristen Scott Thomas brings the chills as Mrs. Danvers. We were asking were we ever going to go on tour again . "I think over the past few years we have been growing up and entering early adulthood so that title is kinda ironic because all four of us in the band can be extremely childish and it’s ironic for us to be saying act your age.". Last year, on Fitzgerald’s birthday in fact, the former indie tyros were wined and dined by the head of Capitol Records after he’d seen them play a gig in London and were signed to the major, home to Sam Smith, Katy Perry, and Christine and The Queens, after a spell on New York imprint Downtown Records. Meeting in school, the quartet became firm friends through their shared of love of toasted sandwiches, Nicholas … Continued Signing to Capitol Records should also bring the band a higher profile and maybe a reinvention as an even more commercial concern. Craig Fitzgerald's band The Academic have supported the likes of Pixies, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds and Kodaline, performing at various festivals throughout Europe.
“Last night was our first time in the same room playing together for a hundred days,” The Academic singer beams. As befits a man of words, Craig had his reading list fully worked out. RTÉ.ie is the website of Raidió Teilifís Éireann, Ireland's National Public Service Media. Quick pop quiz: who’s the coolest Rolling Stone?
As the bewildered and beleaguered Rob asks in High Fidelity, what came first, the music or the misery? This website uses cookies.
There was definitely a kind of fear and I couldn’t focus on music. “No, we met Capitol UK in London,” Craig resumes. “I don’t want to say I’m pessimistic but I’m definitely not optimistic that touring is going to happen this year or anytime soon,” he concludes. "I couldn’t take my eyes off the news for the first few weeks. merch and more.
There has been no defined path or formula for us. Craig Fitzgerald's band The Academic have supported the likes of Pixies, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds and Kodaline, performing at various festivals throughout Europe. I just needed to get my head in the game a little bit. I’m definitely a shy person in my own time but I’ve figured out a place I can go to when I’m on stage and leave shy Craig behind for an hour or so. “I watched it after people lost their minds over it,” he grins. Frontman Craig Fitzgerald … No frills just short, sweet and straight to the point. So does being in a band cause or help potential health issues? Craig deferred the second year of his song writing degree at BIMM Dublin to focus on his work with four-piece guitar band from Mullingar known as ‘The Academic’.
I think he might just be the coolest.”. Fitzgerald, who formed the band with schoolmates Dean Gavin and brothers Matt and Stephen Murtagh in 2013, has been spending the last four months at home in Killucan (Pop: 1,370) just outside Mullingar, Zoom calling with the rest of the band, reading, and discovering new music. “He’s done so much wacky stuff – I don’t understand his brain and I find that really refreshing. “We’re very lucky that music is so easily made now with technology. A.
No frills just short, sweet and straight to the point.
Nick’s very good at getting me out of my comfort zone so I like him a lot.”.
After months of layoff and with a new deal with a major US record label, Westmeath band The Academic have sprung back into action with a new EP. They are a band that has all the ingredients of a wide-range breakout as their music spreads across Europe and beyond in 2017.” – Operation Every Band. I remember feeling so shocked at how far away people were.”. It's that simple. We write, we rehearse, we plug in and we play. AZLyrics. The results are the same melodically primed guitar pop but now tinged with the buzz and purr of electronica. Their last gig prior to lockdown being March 13’s double-header in Dubai – they’ve clocked up serious air miles, these boys – with Picture This. In late 2014 word started spreading throughout the flatlands of Westmeath, a small county in the middle of Ireland about these 4 young kids who played really fast and short sets that sometimes just fell apart but sometimes was pure magic to witness. With an already impressive live resume which include some of Europe’s most high-profile festivals as well as opening slots for acts like Twenty One Pilots, The Strokes, Catfish And The Bottlemen, The Academic have also been a firm favourite with the online blogosphere reaching No. Craig Fitzgerald has always been a cheery chap, but today you’d swear that Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, Dimwali, Ede, Hanukkah, Cinque de Mayo, his birthday and The Rose of Tralee have all come together. Unlike the Fontaines D.C. boys, Craig was superglued to Normal People. The Academic Lyrics "Acting My Age" I'm not avoiding you I'm waiting I'm not so good at confrontation I'm not afraid to say I'm shaking Wish I could start a conversation ... Craig Fitzgerald, Stephen Finian Murtagh, Matthew Bernard Murtagh, Dean Martin Gavin. It’s surreal to think that we’re now part of that.”. The band has also enjoyed airplay on XFM and BBC Radio 1. It was amazing to hear his story and how much hard work they’ve put in for years.”, “Niall Horan tweeted us a couple of years ago and has come to a gig once or twice in a very low-key manner,” Craig says. In late 2014 word started spreading throughout the flatlands of Westmeath, a small county in the middle of Ireland about these 4 young kids who played really fast and short sets that sometimes just fell apart but sometimes was pure magic to witness. It saved me and I’m lucky to have it. If you’re not careful it can catch up on you. The band’s song ‘Different’ was featured on Spotify’s ‘New Music Monday’ playlist, reaching number 9 on the Irish Radio Airplay Chart, while previous release ‘Bear Claws’ was featured as RTE 2FM’s ‘Song Of The Week’. 3 on Hype Machine, amassed millions of streams online and have also had widespread international radio play including support from BBC Radio 1 in the UK (Annie Mac, Huw Stephens, Phil Taggart). The Academic Lyrics. "I definitely think it does," says Fitzgerald.
It was when they left the UK and for tax reasons all moved to the South of France. In 2015 they played the main stage at both Y Not Festival and Indiependence Festival and performed at British Summer Time in Hyde Park, on the XFM stage at the Great Escape, at Boardmasters Festival in Cornwall and Reeperbahan Festival in Germany. When I enquire as to whether anyone was ring rusty at last night’s rehearsal, Craig winces a bit and admits: “Probably me to be honest – the lyrics just left my head. Made up of Craig Fitzgerald, Dean Gavin, Matthew and Stephen Murtagh, The Academic grew up just outside the small rural Irish town of Mullingar, about an hour west of Dublin and set in the heart of Ireland’s midlands. We are discussing the prospect of the band getting to play live again as the coronavirus pandemic continues to lay waste to the live music scene, robbing musicians of their right and need to perform and connect with their audience. Meáin Náisiúnta Seirbhíse Poiblí na hÉireann, After months of layoff and with a new deal with a major US major label, Westmeath band The Academic have sprung back into action with a new EP. Newly signed to one of the world’s most famous labels, The Academic have upped the pop-rock ante with new EP, Acting My Age.
Sign up to get updates from us on news. So I’m still optimistic about making music and putting it out there.”, • Acting My Age is out now on Capitol Records. ", Acting My Age EP is out now. All rights reserved. The Academic’s celebrity hobnobbing doesn’t stop there. We just recorded it in the studio so we’ve never done the drum-stick count in like you would do at a gig.”. When we eventually got to Croke Park, it was great but very intense.
Acting My Age. From playing a ‘Battle of The Bands’ competition at their local school the band have emerged as one of the most exciting live guitar bands on the music scene. The Academic, like everyone else, faced into a lockdown which may now be slowly lifting but will leave lingering effects for a long time, especially for anyone trying to make a living in the creative arena. While they’d much rather have been out giving it socks live, lockdown was the first time The Academic have been able to stop and fully process some of the bananas things that have happened to them. . “It was in a rehearsal space in Mullingar that we’ve used for years. They recorded some of their new EP with Kaiser Chiefs’ Nick Hodgson behind the desk and the band also broadened their horizons to take in new influences such as New Order and Talking Heads. The Acting My Age EP sees the band move on from the more fumbling lyrical concerns of their debut album to address perhaps more grown-up issues - and with a streamlining of their sound. These songs are hopefully me moving on from the ‘he said, she said’ songs to something a little bit more open and honest. "That’s why we’ve toured for us so long and lasted so long because we know each other inside out. Is Craig hopeful that they’ll get to tour Acting My Age? This, incidentally, being a man whose C.V. ranges from Mark Ronson and Shirley Bassey to Duran Duran and Shaun The Sheep. Newly signed to one of the world’s most famous labels, The Academic have upped the pop-rock ante with new EP, Acting My Age.
There’s this one segment where I was, ‘Whoaaa, this is total rock ‘n’ roll behaviour.’ Keith Richards starts telling the craziest story.
We have grown up as people and as musicians over the last few years and we have gone through a lot to get to the point where we are happy with the music that we are making right now.". Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Normal People, Kerouac and hopes for the future all feature as singer Craig Fitzgerald talks to Stuart Clark. Sometimes," laughs Fitzgerald. "These songs now are trying to explore the emotions behind the things we are actually experiencing, mental health stuff that I struggled with over a couple of years. Unspoken. It’s never been a problem for us. Forming in their early teens, The Academic are Craig Fitzgerald, Dean Gavin and brothers Matt and Stephen Murtagh. Borat Subsequent Moviefilm; more unbound bad taste, Rory Gallagher's nephew on life with his famous uncle, Lily James says Rebecca role was "deeply terrifying", Kristen Scott Thomas brings the chills as Mrs. Danvers. We were asking were we ever going to go on tour again . "I think over the past few years we have been growing up and entering early adulthood so that title is kinda ironic because all four of us in the band can be extremely childish and it’s ironic for us to be saying act your age.". Last year, on Fitzgerald’s birthday in fact, the former indie tyros were wined and dined by the head of Capitol Records after he’d seen them play a gig in London and were signed to the major, home to Sam Smith, Katy Perry, and Christine and The Queens, after a spell on New York imprint Downtown Records. Meeting in school, the quartet became firm friends through their shared of love of toasted sandwiches, Nicholas … Continued Signing to Capitol Records should also bring the band a higher profile and maybe a reinvention as an even more commercial concern. Craig Fitzgerald's band The Academic have supported the likes of Pixies, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds and Kodaline, performing at various festivals throughout Europe.
“Last night was our first time in the same room playing together for a hundred days,” The Academic singer beams. As befits a man of words, Craig had his reading list fully worked out. RTÉ.ie is the website of Raidió Teilifís Éireann, Ireland's National Public Service Media. Quick pop quiz: who’s the coolest Rolling Stone?
As the bewildered and beleaguered Rob asks in High Fidelity, what came first, the music or the misery? This website uses cookies.
There was definitely a kind of fear and I couldn’t focus on music. “No, we met Capitol UK in London,” Craig resumes. “I don’t want to say I’m pessimistic but I’m definitely not optimistic that touring is going to happen this year or anytime soon,” he concludes. "I couldn’t take my eyes off the news for the first few weeks. merch and more.
There has been no defined path or formula for us. Craig Fitzgerald's band The Academic have supported the likes of Pixies, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds and Kodaline, performing at various festivals throughout Europe. I just needed to get my head in the game a little bit. I’m definitely a shy person in my own time but I’ve figured out a place I can go to when I’m on stage and leave shy Craig behind for an hour or so. “I watched it after people lost their minds over it,” he grins. Frontman Craig Fitzgerald … No frills just short, sweet and straight to the point. So does being in a band cause or help potential health issues? Craig deferred the second year of his song writing degree at BIMM Dublin to focus on his work with four-piece guitar band from Mullingar known as ‘The Academic’.
I think he might just be the coolest.”. Fitzgerald, who formed the band with schoolmates Dean Gavin and brothers Matt and Stephen Murtagh in 2013, has been spending the last four months at home in Killucan (Pop: 1,370) just outside Mullingar, Zoom calling with the rest of the band, reading, and discovering new music. “He’s done so much wacky stuff – I don’t understand his brain and I find that really refreshing. “We’re very lucky that music is so easily made now with technology. A.
No frills just short, sweet and straight to the point.
I try to be as professional as I can but sometimes you get distracted.”.
The Academic will (hopefully) be playing live again soon. "There’s not much we can say about it other than we have to play it by ear and sit around and wait," says Fitzgerald. By clicking ‘I agree’ to this message you are consenting to the use of cookies as detailed in our Privacy Policy.
Nick’s very good at getting me out of my comfort zone so I like him a lot.”.
After months of layoff and with a new deal with a major US record label, Westmeath band The Academic have sprung back into action with a new EP. They are a band that has all the ingredients of a wide-range breakout as their music spreads across Europe and beyond in 2017.” – Operation Every Band. I remember feeling so shocked at how far away people were.”. It's that simple. We write, we rehearse, we plug in and we play. AZLyrics. The results are the same melodically primed guitar pop but now tinged with the buzz and purr of electronica. Their last gig prior to lockdown being March 13’s double-header in Dubai – they’ve clocked up serious air miles, these boys – with Picture This. In late 2014 word started spreading throughout the flatlands of Westmeath, a small county in the middle of Ireland about these 4 young kids who played really fast and short sets that sometimes just fell apart but sometimes was pure magic to witness. With an already impressive live resume which include some of Europe’s most high-profile festivals as well as opening slots for acts like Twenty One Pilots, The Strokes, Catfish And The Bottlemen, The Academic have also been a firm favourite with the online blogosphere reaching No. Craig Fitzgerald has always been a cheery chap, but today you’d swear that Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, Dimwali, Ede, Hanukkah, Cinque de Mayo, his birthday and The Rose of Tralee have all come together. Unlike the Fontaines D.C. boys, Craig was superglued to Normal People. The Academic Lyrics "Acting My Age" I'm not avoiding you I'm waiting I'm not so good at confrontation I'm not afraid to say I'm shaking Wish I could start a conversation ... Craig Fitzgerald, Stephen Finian Murtagh, Matthew Bernard Murtagh, Dean Martin Gavin. It’s surreal to think that we’re now part of that.”. The band has also enjoyed airplay on XFM and BBC Radio 1. It was amazing to hear his story and how much hard work they’ve put in for years.”, “Niall Horan tweeted us a couple of years ago and has come to a gig once or twice in a very low-key manner,” Craig says. In late 2014 word started spreading throughout the flatlands of Westmeath, a small county in the middle of Ireland about these 4 young kids who played really fast and short sets that sometimes just fell apart but sometimes was pure magic to witness. It saved me and I’m lucky to have it. If you’re not careful it can catch up on you. The band’s song ‘Different’ was featured on Spotify’s ‘New Music Monday’ playlist, reaching number 9 on the Irish Radio Airplay Chart, while previous release ‘Bear Claws’ was featured as RTE 2FM’s ‘Song Of The Week’. 3 on Hype Machine, amassed millions of streams online and have also had widespread international radio play including support from BBC Radio 1 in the UK (Annie Mac, Huw Stephens, Phil Taggart). The Academic Lyrics. "I definitely think it does," says Fitzgerald.
It was when they left the UK and for tax reasons all moved to the South of France. In 2015 they played the main stage at both Y Not Festival and Indiependence Festival and performed at British Summer Time in Hyde Park, on the XFM stage at the Great Escape, at Boardmasters Festival in Cornwall and Reeperbahan Festival in Germany. When I enquire as to whether anyone was ring rusty at last night’s rehearsal, Craig winces a bit and admits: “Probably me to be honest – the lyrics just left my head. Made up of Craig Fitzgerald, Dean Gavin, Matthew and Stephen Murtagh, The Academic grew up just outside the small rural Irish town of Mullingar, about an hour west of Dublin and set in the heart of Ireland’s midlands. We are discussing the prospect of the band getting to play live again as the coronavirus pandemic continues to lay waste to the live music scene, robbing musicians of their right and need to perform and connect with their audience. Meáin Náisiúnta Seirbhíse Poiblí na hÉireann, After months of layoff and with a new deal with a major US major label, Westmeath band The Academic have sprung back into action with a new EP. Newly signed to one of the world’s most famous labels, The Academic have upped the pop-rock ante with new EP, Acting My Age.
Sign up to get updates from us on news. So I’m still optimistic about making music and putting it out there.”, • Acting My Age is out now on Capitol Records. ", Acting My Age EP is out now. All rights reserved. The Academic’s celebrity hobnobbing doesn’t stop there. We just recorded it in the studio so we’ve never done the drum-stick count in like you would do at a gig.”. When we eventually got to Croke Park, it was great but very intense.
Acting My Age. From playing a ‘Battle of The Bands’ competition at their local school the band have emerged as one of the most exciting live guitar bands on the music scene. The Academic, like everyone else, faced into a lockdown which may now be slowly lifting but will leave lingering effects for a long time, especially for anyone trying to make a living in the creative arena. While they’d much rather have been out giving it socks live, lockdown was the first time The Academic have been able to stop and fully process some of the bananas things that have happened to them. . “It was in a rehearsal space in Mullingar that we’ve used for years. They recorded some of their new EP with Kaiser Chiefs’ Nick Hodgson behind the desk and the band also broadened their horizons to take in new influences such as New Order and Talking Heads. The Acting My Age EP sees the band move on from the more fumbling lyrical concerns of their debut album to address perhaps more grown-up issues - and with a streamlining of their sound. These songs are hopefully me moving on from the ‘he said, she said’ songs to something a little bit more open and honest. "That’s why we’ve toured for us so long and lasted so long because we know each other inside out. Is Craig hopeful that they’ll get to tour Acting My Age? This, incidentally, being a man whose C.V. ranges from Mark Ronson and Shirley Bassey to Duran Duran and Shaun The Sheep. Newly signed to one of the world’s most famous labels, The Academic have upped the pop-rock ante with new EP, Acting My Age.
There’s this one segment where I was, ‘Whoaaa, this is total rock ‘n’ roll behaviour.’ Keith Richards starts telling the craziest story.
We have grown up as people and as musicians over the last few years and we have gone through a lot to get to the point where we are happy with the music that we are making right now.". Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Normal People, Kerouac and hopes for the future all feature as singer Craig Fitzgerald talks to Stuart Clark. Sometimes," laughs Fitzgerald. "These songs now are trying to explore the emotions behind the things we are actually experiencing, mental health stuff that I struggled with over a couple of years. Unspoken. It’s never been a problem for us. Forming in their early teens, The Academic are Craig Fitzgerald, Dean Gavin and brothers Matt and Stephen Murtagh. Borat Subsequent Moviefilm; more unbound bad taste, Rory Gallagher's nephew on life with his famous uncle, Lily James says Rebecca role was "deeply terrifying", Kristen Scott Thomas brings the chills as Mrs. Danvers. We were asking were we ever going to go on tour again . "I think over the past few years we have been growing up and entering early adulthood so that title is kinda ironic because all four of us in the band can be extremely childish and it’s ironic for us to be saying act your age.". Last year, on Fitzgerald’s birthday in fact, the former indie tyros were wined and dined by the head of Capitol Records after he’d seen them play a gig in London and were signed to the major, home to Sam Smith, Katy Perry, and Christine and The Queens, after a spell on New York imprint Downtown Records. Meeting in school, the quartet became firm friends through their shared of love of toasted sandwiches, Nicholas … Continued Signing to Capitol Records should also bring the band a higher profile and maybe a reinvention as an even more commercial concern. Craig Fitzgerald's band The Academic have supported the likes of Pixies, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds and Kodaline, performing at various festivals throughout Europe.
“Last night was our first time in the same room playing together for a hundred days,” The Academic singer beams. As befits a man of words, Craig had his reading list fully worked out. RTÉ.ie is the website of Raidió Teilifís Éireann, Ireland's National Public Service Media. Quick pop quiz: who’s the coolest Rolling Stone?
As the bewildered and beleaguered Rob asks in High Fidelity, what came first, the music or the misery? This website uses cookies.
There was definitely a kind of fear and I couldn’t focus on music. “No, we met Capitol UK in London,” Craig resumes. “I don’t want to say I’m pessimistic but I’m definitely not optimistic that touring is going to happen this year or anytime soon,” he concludes. "I couldn’t take my eyes off the news for the first few weeks. merch and more.
There has been no defined path or formula for us. Craig Fitzgerald's band The Academic have supported the likes of Pixies, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds and Kodaline, performing at various festivals throughout Europe. I just needed to get my head in the game a little bit. I’m definitely a shy person in my own time but I’ve figured out a place I can go to when I’m on stage and leave shy Craig behind for an hour or so. “I watched it after people lost their minds over it,” he grins. Frontman Craig Fitzgerald … No frills just short, sweet and straight to the point. So does being in a band cause or help potential health issues? Craig deferred the second year of his song writing degree at BIMM Dublin to focus on his work with four-piece guitar band from Mullingar known as ‘The Academic’.
I think he might just be the coolest.”. Fitzgerald, who formed the band with schoolmates Dean Gavin and brothers Matt and Stephen Murtagh in 2013, has been spending the last four months at home in Killucan (Pop: 1,370) just outside Mullingar, Zoom calling with the rest of the band, reading, and discovering new music. “He’s done so much wacky stuff – I don’t understand his brain and I find that really refreshing. “We’re very lucky that music is so easily made now with technology. A.
No frills just short, sweet and straight to the point.
