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Irish Times
02-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Times
London Grammar at All Together Now 2025: A surprise duet and a rapturous ending from Saturday's headliners
London Grammar Main stage, Saturday ★★★★☆ London Grammar 's dreamy electropop has the quality of a lullaby performed at a rave, a combination of gently blissful melodies and blitzing beats that proves the perfect mix on night two of All Together Now . A lot has changed for the band since their last Irish festival performance, three years ago. Most notably, Hannah Reid , the band's singer, and her Irish partner have had a son, an experience that informed London Grammar's 2024 LP, The Greatest Love. That album was a not wholly successful attempt to push into new territory: the songs were slower and leaned more on Reid's powerful voice. There was lots to admire, but it lacked the rush of feeling that characterised formative hits such as the harrowing Wasting My Young Years. Tasteful and sometimes tedious, the record was not the stuff of thrilling festival sets, and in their Saturday headline slot London Grammar wisely focus on their older songs, beginning with the woozy double whammy of Hey Now and Californian Soil. READ MORE Reid, who has experienced stage fright, isn't a natural attention seeker. But she has a slowly fizzing charisma on the urgent How Does It Feel, a meditation from 2021 on the dark side of the music business. A charge sometimes directed at London Grammar is that their music is mannered to a fault. But no such accusation could be made against this gripping set. As well as their cover of Nightcall, by the noirish French producer Kavinsky – a hypnotic banger made to be listened to cruising down a motorway at 3am, and perhaps best known for soundtracking the opening credits to Nicolas Winding Refn's film Drive – the night features a surprise and moving duet between Reid and the Co Kildare singer Gemma Cox. It ends with the rapturous fade out of Lose Your Head, a chunk of sublime electronica that the band work into a techno belter. It's lapped up by an enthusiastic main-stage crowd. As the second night of All Together Now draws to a close, it's clear that London Grammar are speaking the audience's language.
ABC News
19-06-2025
- Entertainment
- ABC News
Behind Inhaler's cover of Kavinsky 'Nightcall' for Like A Version
It may have been a swift all-in decision for Inhaler to cover Kavinsky's 'Nightcall', actually building their take on it took a little more legwork. "When we first attacked it, Josh (Jenkinson, guitar and keys) had a kind of plan of what we were going to do and he'd sketch it out on his computer," vocalist Elijah Hewson said. "Then we went to playing it and it just felt we would usually do if we did a cover of a song. "So it went through a lot of different versions and we ended up with this stripped back thing where it's just me and Josh playing at the beginning and stagger things coming in." Paring the crunchy French house track right back allowed the Irish band to uncover its emotional roots. "I think that when we pulled things out and gave the song a bit of space I feel like it kind of revealed itself to be a bit more emotional and have a bit more weight to it as well," bassist Robert Keating said. Inhaler really made this one even more perfect for late night solo drives, didn't they. Posted 28m ago 28 minutes ago Thu 19 Jun 2025 at 10:30pm
ABC News
19-06-2025
- Entertainment
- ABC News
Inhaler cover Kavinsky 'Nightcall' for Like A Version
Pick up the phone, Inhaler is dialling in with their debut Like A Version, taking on Kavinsky's 'Nightcall'. Or you might know it best as the theme from the 2011 film, Drive . Steering the track away from its gritty French house foundations, the Irish band shifted into gear and transformed it into an indie anthem. The ability to make that work is impressive, really. "I think because it was a movie soundtrack, that kind of felt different to covering just a normal pop song," singer Elijah Hewson said. "That made us kind of lean into it a bit." The band's been testing the waters with their fans by playing the original track over the speakers before their sets recently, a bit of subliminal messaging for what they were planning to cover. "We almost don't overthink these kind of covers for better or for worse," bassist Robert Keating said. "But it's nice to try and be out of your comfort zone sometimes. And I think that when we pulled things out and gave the song a bit of space I feel like it kind of revealed itself to be a bit more emotional and have a bit more weight to it as well." A ripper debut in the Like A Version archives from Inhaler. Pure class. Check out more from their visit to the studios below. Behind Inhaler's cover of Kavinsky 'Nightcall' for Like A Version Inhaler - 'Billy (Yeah Yeah Yeah)' (live for Like A Version) Posted 28m ago 28 minutes ago Thu 19 Jun 2025 at 10:30pm
