Badhands

Badhands is the musical project of multi-instrumentalist and award winning composer Daniel Fitzpatrick. In May 2023 he released his critically acclaimed 3rd album The Wheel. The album received 4 stars in the Irish Times and earned comparisons to Tom Waits and Thom Yorke; the lead single from the album For a Little While was playlisted on RTE Radio 1 Recommends, and was made song of the week by Beta Da Silva on RTE 2FM and Kate Brennan Harding on 2XM.

Fitzpatrick has also composed soundtracks for several award winning documentaries including: Wild Cuba, which aired in 2020 on BBC2 and was nominated for 3 Emmys. The soundtrack won an award at the prestigious Jackson Wild Film Festival in the U.S., as well as winning Best Score at the 2021 Green Screen Festival in Germany. Since then other soundtrack work includes The Wild Gardener (BBC2) in 2022, Ireland's Wild Islands (RTE) in 2023, Wild Transylvania (RTE, ARTE France) in 2024, The Burren - Oileán Glas, Fásach Bán (TG4) in 2025, and Wild Connemara (TG4) in 2026.

Badhands debut Predictable Boy was released in 2018. Described in The Sunday Times as 'Evoking Nick Cave with it's guttural swagger, it has taken the Dubliner's songwriting to another level', it was made Album of the Week by Dan Hegarty on RTE 2FM and the single 'Waves' received considerable airplay on national radio in Ireland, and was made Song Of The Week by Laura Whitmore on BBC5 Live. 

In 2020 Fitzpatrick released the 5 track concept EP Oceans, funded by The Arts Council.

Badhands' 2nd album Far Away was released on April 1st 2022 and was described in The Irish TImes as 'A wonderfully rich sound inspired by mid-period Scott Walker and blue-chip legends and luminaries such as Nick Cave, Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits and Lee Hazlewood.' 

Fitzpatrick is releasing a new album The Late Great Chuck Squires in May 2026, and launching the album with a headline ahow at Dublin's The Workmans Club on May 29th..