Forming in Falkirk out of the ashes of high school bands, Brògeal came together over their love of Scottish and Irish folk music, punk and garage rock, adding banjo and mandolin to electric guitars, finding their own unique voice on the way.
As lockdown hit in 2020 they were able to focus and develop their songs, socially-distanced in the back garden under a leaking gazebo and hit upon what is now the Brògeal sound. They have shared their new single ‘Girl From NYC’ which demonstrates that sound perfectly.
On the track frontman Daniel says –
“’Girl From NYC’ was written early 2023 in my hometown of Falkirk. Like many towns in the UK, Falkirk has experienced a steady decline into “ghost town status”. What once was a bustling town centre could now resemble a desolate wasteland.
“I was inclined to write the song after two pubs I held dear to my heart shut down one after the other (“cause the Star shut down and Rialto’s gone and my life feels upside down”).
It is written as a classic indie-rock song with a driving chord progression and a killer hook that you’re guaranteed to be singing by the end of the song.
“Loaded with banjo, jangly bazouki solos and mouthfuls of satirical, tongue in cheek lyrics about a professional woman from New York somehow ending up in Falkirk, running for council and saving the town.
“The song is a reflection of how young Scots feel about the mundanity of small town life, written in a cheeky, light-hearted manner.”
It may be short but the band throw everything at it, manic vocals, chaotic melodies that fizz and cackle with a youthful energy and a sense of anarchy that goes to create this engaging and infectiously upbeat 2 minutes. The future is very bright for these Scots.
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