A fresh new sound rising from the streets of dublin, The Rattling Kind aim to put there modern indie-rock twist on folk and traditional music. Drawing heavy influence from Irish Ballad heroes like The Dubliners, listeners encounter a daring brand of folk rock, rooted firmly by a socio political consciousness.

 

Battle hardened and well cultivated,

The Rattling Kind hit Ashtown Recordingstudios in the summer of 2013 aiming to capture and truly encapsulate their on-stage dynamism. The resulting five tracks, mastered by Aidan Foley of Masterlabs, became their debute EP ''Rise Up''.

 

The Band has recently played tracks from the EP on radio shows like Phantom 105.2's ''Breakfast Show'' and 4FM's ''guaranteed Irish.

Two of these tracks, ''All Around The Town'' and Dubliners cover ''The Mero'', will feature on the international broadcast and worldwide DVD release of the fourth series of hit RTE crime drama ''Love/Hate''.

 

Making their own television debut on RTE's ''The Saturday Night Show'',the lads produced a fine performance of ''All Around The Town'', which saw it climb to number 2 in the Ireland iTunes singer songwriter chart. Their debut EP ''Rise Up'' would climb to number 17 in the Irelan iTunes Album chart.

 

In the summer of 2012 the band recorded two tracks for a compilation CD released by Near FM entitled ''Near Musical Express'' helping them launch the new record label Near Records.The self-produced music video for their song ''All Around The Town'' has recieved some critical claim and was recently screened at Dublin's Underground Film Festival.

 

The band has perfected their craft by playing to audiences across the city and its surrounding areas.Live shows in The Grand Social, The Mercantile, whelans and even a headlining M.C.D gig in The Academy 2 have seen The Rattling Kind become well renowned for their increasingly explosive live peformances.

 

Fluid drumming and driving bass are complemented consummately by incisive lead guitar playing, A twinkling banjo, rousing keys and spirited harmonica, all of which provide the platform for a unique and passionate voice to belt heartfelt lyrics to the heavens above.

 

Liasing closely with legendary Irish scribes Pete St John (''The Fields Of Athenry & Dublin In the Rare Auld Times'') and Wally Page (regarded by Christy Moore as ''One of Irelands best song writers'') the band harbour a great respect for the music of times gone by, acknowledging and appreciating the power of quality song writing.

 

Hard working and honest The Rattling Kind hope you enjoy their music.

 

''Rise Up'' is available now on iTunes.....