Really Good Time are a three piece rock band from Dublin, compared to a blend of QOTSA
and The Walkmen on Lamacq’s roundtable.
“Our debut album 'Affirmations' is a collection of songs about turning inwards when this
fresh hell becomes too much. Why not fixate on some petty anxiety instead? You'll probably
feel better?"
“It's easy to look at the horrors unfolding around the world right now and just switch off, give
in to your own powerlessness and say 'fuck it, it's all fucked anyway'. The culture and attention
economy that suckles it almost seems to demand this from us.”
“That feeling must be spat out and rejected.”
“Lurching from one panic attack to the next, our album ultimately seeks a rejection of navel
gazing nihilism - by recognising how easy it is to slip into, then pointing at it and laughing;
whether that's trying to escape the indignity of other human bodies on a crowded Dublin bus
by glueing your eyes to a phone, or a stream-of-consciousness existential breakdown about
finding Bob Dylan on an episode of Pawn Stars.”
“Go climb a tree, scream into a pillow, and tell your friends you love them. Oh, and buy our
record. Buy it twice?”
“Affirmations” rounds up recent singles “Shit One”, “Bob Dylan was on Pawn Stars in 2010”
and “Do It”, the latter of which is currently being used across RTÉs national coverage of the
FIFA World Cup. The album’s singles to date have been praised by The Sunday Times, DIY,
Clash, The Line of Best Fit, Nialler9, The Thin Air and more, while being supported by the likes of
BBC6, Radio X and RTÉ at radio.
The band will support “Affirmations” this Autumn with their most extensive tour to date, with
27 dates across the EU, UK and Ireland, bringing them to several new countries for the first
time (Spain, Portugal, Denmark, Sweden, Norway)