banríon

[ban-ree-un]

banríon is the project of songwriter Róisín Ní Haicéid, currently based in london & dublin. banríon started out as an indie-rock band in 2020, consisting of various rotations of friends within the magnetic dublin diy music scene. With the local success of their first two EPs, they landed major support slots like NewDad, Lime Garden and Pillow Queens and Irish festivals such as All Together Now and Other Voices.

The upcoming album 'Untarnishing' marks a departure from pursuing only a 'blazing indie rock' sound (as described by Nialler9), turning a gentler cheek. The softer sound was in part inspired by taking part in a songwriting course with Adrianne Lenker, and the transition of the band to Ní Haicéids solo project. 'Untarnishing' is a sonic and lyrical mix that reveals banríons range and evolution, fluttering from delicate musings on the properties of gold on 'Ór', to embodying a deliberately noisy female rage on 'HimNotTo'.

The visual side of the album speaks to banríons collaborative nature, accompanied by animated visualisers by long-standing collaborator Megan Luddy, the album artwork done by Portlaoise painter Paddy Critchley and the music video made with a team of cousins and friends in Róisíns grandparents' house in Co. Donegal.