Really Good Time - Affirmations Really Good Time

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 RTÉ’s 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 BBC 6 Music, 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).