#Irish indie

[thewormsingularityisnear]

[soon-fm]

Song of the Day: L Word - She’s in Parties

Released: 2023

Genre(s): indie rock, dream pop, indie, shoegaze, alt rock

Origin: Ireland

Monthly listeners: 10k

[theatsthetic]

The Birds of Ballygáire.

thank you so much for reading. i appreciate it.

Special thanks to @terastrialbean for script editing & @junkohanhero for their wonderful typewriter fonts.

[kweeva]

being friends with people in the irish music industry is crazy because i’m now a few people away from big artists

[moiraimyths]

can you elaborate on what you mean by romance being a social construct? just trying to understand here, because by that logic to be aromantic is to be against the social construct of romance or what most people view as romance

What does "romance" or "romantic" mean? Most people when answering that question will list specific signifiers or feelings that we commonly associate with romance or romantic feelings, but these things don't have to be romantic. They're 'coded' as romantic because we associate them with romance as a byproduct of our culture. Simple example: Kissing on the lips. Pretty safe to say this action is frequently cited as a romantic gesture. But is it objectively a romantic gesture? No. There are plenty of cultures, currently and throughout history, where kissing on the lips is not romantic. Hell, kissing in some cultures isn't a thing at all/considered unsanitary! Therefore, kissing on the lips is not objectively romantic or some universal phenomenon. It's socially constructed.

The same thing can apply to romantic feelings. First: Feelings of sexuality that often (but not always!) go toe to toe with romance are not inherently romantic. You can be attracted to someone, or be intimate with someone, and not feel romantic feelings. So we need to separate sexuality from romance. What does that leave us with? Great care for someone? A feeling of closeness? A desire to never be parted with someone? Are these feelings romantic? Yes, but they aren't always. Stripped of any other pretenses, you could easily apply those feelings to your friends or family members. What makes them romantic is socially contextual, and subjectively determined. Therefore: Romance is a social construct.

People who identify as aromantic will have different reasons for subscribing to the label. Some may be aromantic because the feelings typically associated with romance just don't happen with them, and sometimes (but not always!!!) asexuality plays a part here as well. But for other aro folk, it's not always that consistent. Maybe they do feel those feelings, but only under some circumstances. Or maybe they feel some of those feelings, but not all of them, or inconsistently, or don't really think of those feelings as romantic at all or in the moment. Romance, like sexuality, is more fluid than we tend to realize, but romance as a specific, socially determined construct can be suffocating for those who don't quite fit in the box. Especially once you start throwing in the other social expectations that romance is typically associated with: Living together, marriage, having kids, permanence, etc. In those instances, some folks may gravitate toward the aromantic label simply because they oppose the rigidness of the construct.

Ultimately, our purpose with our arospec characters (Keagan, Robin, and Daonna) is to explore these variations.

[sylvies-chen]

me when First Light comes on and suddenly the chords are swelling and the lyrics are of finding out even hell has a way out and the relief of seeing the sky again and the music is music-ing and I ascend to another plane of existence in true hozier stan fashion

[alexsiple]

a print i made for tóraíocht, an indie 2d animated project that's CROWDFUNDING RIGHT NOW!!!

do you like irish folklore? coming-of-age stories? cartoon saloon inspired art? sapphic knights and witches and also borzois? many other things? CHECK OUT THE PROJECT HERE AND FUND SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL (you can get this print as a reward as well many other wonderful items!)

[littlemisscannonball]

When he says "you're an angel" but Hozier said "Honey, you're familiar like my mirror years ago" from the perspective of the Devil.

[stingrayextraordinaire]

Film Aesthetic Moodboards // The Secret of Roan Inish

Once a Selkie finds its skin again, neither chains of steel nor chains of love can keep her from the sea.

[blackmarket-playlists]

NEW INDIE ROCK FROM IRELAND - brand new playlist on Spotify! Songs from 2024 only!

🔥Playlistcover: QUEEN BITCH (Dublin)

Feat. incredibly great songs by, a.o. • WIFESWAP (Dublin)  • GREEN GURL (Dublin)  • MARTINA & THE MOONS (Dublin)  • STOP THROWING LEMONS (Galway)  • CHERYM (Derry)  • TEN HAIL MARYS (Dublin) 

and many more! 68 great songs/ bands to discover (as of today) - an absolutely stunning indie scene.

Give it a spin and like it!

[cultofangel]

Hart of gold 💛

[mommabearchillsout]

Guys, I've just realized why we'll never get a Hozier/Florence Welch collab album

Florence is English. Hozier is Irish.

Two beautiful musical geniuses, forever destined to be apart

[rickchung]

Kneecap (dir. Rich Peppiatt).

[The] controversial West Belfast hip-hop trio, [...] known for rapping republican lyrics in their native Irish language, star in their own titular biographical film about their rise to fame and infamy. Set in 2019, [...] Peppiatt directs the plainly titled Kneecap with an energetic, riotous verve to its provocative, explicitly anti-UK material of rebellion.

[anaamaya]

Cillian Murphy! 💙

[marejadilla]

The Cranberries, “Dreams” (Dir: Peter Scammell) (Official Music Video), 1992. "Dreams" is a song by Irish rock band The Cranberries from "Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?", their first studio album. It was the band's debut single and the first to promote the album, released at 1993. There are three versions of the music video here is the one directed by Peter Scammell."