Some Oh-So Exciting News

So you want an update do you?

Well, for the past few weeks we've been working on some new songs for you, the huddled masses who call themselves fans-of-the-flags. We've also been booking some shows for the coming months to take advantage of the Summer festival season and try and get ourselves playing to some future-fans-of-the-flags.


First up though, we'll be appearing on national TV once again, this time on TG4's "Síle" show- it's an afternoon magazine programme and we'll be recording a song for them on Monday. We're very excited as we're not often allowed in front of camera's due to our devastating handsomeness causing dangerously high levels of arousal (ladies) and blind jealousy (the men). Also, we'll be filming in a bluescreen studio so when you see it, we may well be flying through space or something so that'll be fun. We'll fill you in on when that'll be broadcast as soon as we know ourselves.

We've also just confirmed that we'll be joining our heroes Super Furry Animals and some great Irish bands like Fred and Ham Sandwich on the bill for this year's Sea Sessions Festival which takes place beside the (yes, you guessed it) sea at Bundoran, Co. Donegal. The gig takes place on the weekend of 26th-28th June and we'll be playing on the Saturday night around 8pm so don't miss it/us. Check out the Sea Sessions website here.

We'll have more news and gig announcements pretty soon so get your fine selves back here asap.

'Til then xx

Tour Tour Tour

well.

just back from a wee jaunt around this fair isle playing shows in Dublin, Limerick, Clonmel and Donegal Town. I thought i'd let you know how fun it was, in a visual manner.

dave fell off the wagon in limerick. ever seen "Harvey"?

myself and kev met some alpacas in waterford

and i found my family name to be ubiquitous in clonmel. hilarious.

Cheers to everyone who came out and of course, those who let us sleep on their beds and floors. 'twas great and we'll be out again soon

Cheers!

BF

Drop-D

Howdy.

An interview with us for Drop-D, a lovely Irish music magazine. God we're hilarious:

Drop-d: Dead Flags, how the hell are ya?

Dead Flags: Tired and Horny. But not necessarily in that order. Thanks. You?

Drop-d: Top of the world.... tell us who you are and what are you getting up to?

DF:We are three- Billy and Kevin (Lowery)who are here right now and another, Dave (Power) who is elsewhere (not here). We're sitting in our drummer's kitchen drinking fine Columbian coffee on top of a pile of money with many beautiful ladies. Don't know what Dave is up to but it most likely involves piles of money and many beautiful ladies. We're lucky like that.

Drop-d: Explain your band in three words, or 10, actually make it a couple of sentences.....

DF: Rock. And. Roll. Again, not necessarily in that order but you get the idea. We're just a bunch of music-liking people who get together and make music. On top of a pile of money with many beautiful ladies of course.

Drop-d: Give us a few influences of yours.

DF: Aside from the afore-mentioned piles of money and many beautiful ladies, Eels, Nick Cave and Violent Femmes have been quite influential. Currently, the Top Gun Original Motion Picture Soundtrack has been floating our boat.

Drop-d: How do ye write your songs? What kind of gear do you use...ie instruments, not drugs, well....

DF: Billy writes them using strings, wood and plastic and then the rest of us fix them for public consumption.

Drop-d: Sligo groupies are better in bed than Dublin groupies, true or false?

DF: It's hard to compare without having them in the same bed at the same time so we'll say Longford.

Drop-d: Oh My Love, Oh My God, made you into media darlings for a wee while, the single did well in the charts and the usual suspects gave their nods of approval, does that add any pressure for the upcoming release of the EP?

DF: It was hard going for a while but things have been better since they turned off the media spotlight.

Drop-d: Is the Irish music scene as good as some say at the moment or is it just hyped-up bolloxology?

DF: It's so good right now, we've switched to the hyped-up bolloxology genre. Once you make the switch, a whole load of opportunities present themselves.

Drop-d: Any predictions for the upcoming budget?

DF: I could go on for hours but I think it's been covered far better in Dave's dad's new book. (Metamorphosis: Lessons from the Formative Years of the Celtic Tiger by Dr. Cornelius Power is out now from Oak Tree Press)

Drop-d: Hotpress likes you, that's kinda like when the fat ugly chick in the class sends you a valentine's card......

DF:Harsh. She may be the fat ugly chick but no-one's forcing you to leave the light on. Also, great kisser.

Drop-d: You're playing a good few gigs in the near future, wanna plug them? Will you be playing at any of the festivals in the summer?

DF: Yup, we're playing Whelans on Thursday. Baker Place in Limerick on Friday, Piper Inn in Clonmel on Saturday and Pier 1 in Donegal Town on Sunday. Billy'll be doing a solo support in The Lantern in Navan in May and then off to Europe- some shows in Holland in June and headlining the Eier Mit Speck festival near Dusseldorf in July. After that, we're playing every single festival in Ireland during the Summer. Yay!