No Monster Club
County Dublin
No Monster Club is the cartoonish art-pop creation of Dublin's Bobby Aherne - an act that produces records with "the kind of tunefulness that makes a joke of so much contemporary pop music" (The Irish Times), and summery singles that have been compared to "a stripped-down, sugar high Pet Sounds" (NYLON Magazine).
Over the past few years, Aherne (often accompanied live & in studio by members of the acclaimed Popical Island collective) has toured across the world, appeared on Irish & American TV, recorded a radio session on the legendary WFMU and shared a stage with the likes of The Polyphonic Spree, Wavves, HEALTH, Girls Names, Abe Vigoda, JEFF The Brotherhood, Juan Wauters, So Cow, Sic Alps & Ariel Pink.
"The mad scientist of Irish indie-pop... one of the most inventive and unpredictable acts on the Irish music scene" - The Last Mixed Tape
"A leading light in domestic DIY music for nigh on a decade..." - Totally Dublin
"Unfettered, unafraid, purely wonderful (pure and wonderful)." - Everett True
"One listen through this year's No Monster Club encyclopedia, and you'll blurt out my favourite, over-used descriptor: GENIUS." - Third Outing
"One of the country’s most precious, odd and necessary musicians..." - The Thin Air
"[No Monster Club] will give you national pride." - State Magazine
"Easily one of the most reliable, inventive and brilliant bands in Ireland." - Barry Gruff
"No one does Irish DIY indie-pop quite like Bobby Aherne." - Nialler9
"Bobby Aherne may be one of the most prolific Irish songwriters around, but his quality control remains assured." - The Irish Times
