Biography

Incorporating the imprint of Krautrock, post-punk, and psychedelia, Belfast's Junk Drawer's intuitively loose and idiosyncratic brand of indie rock mines anthems from their crate-digging tendencies. Featuring four multi-instrumentalists & vocalists fluid in their roles, they're driven by the inevitable harmony and discordance that comes from the sibling creative rivalry at the helm, and remain one of the most dynamic, exciting bands you’re likely to catch live. They've won 3 Awards at the prestigious Northern Ireland Music Prize - Best Live Act & Best Video in 2022 & Best Single in 2019 - making them the prize's most prolific band. Following an early pair EPs, the band spearheaded the grassroots Irish music community with their part in regular sell-out independent vinyl compilation A Litany of Failures. Their 2020 debut LP 'Ready For The House’ came out through Art For Blind Records. It placed on The Quietus’ Best of 2020 albums list, and saw Junk Drawer named by leading US-based outlet PASTE Magazine as one of the Irish Acts to Watch in 2020. Their latest EP ‘The Dust Has Come To Stay’ came out on March 11, 2022 via Art For Blind. Its singles were acclaimed by the likes of Paste, KEXP, Brooklyn Vegan, Bandcamp, Stereogum, The Quietus, and were added to playlists from the likes of Sub Pop & Spotify. Junk Drawer have played with acts like Built To Spill, Suuns, Mclusky & Jeffrey Lewis, have toured across the UK & France off the back of their recent EP.