Squid have announced their return to Ireland later this year for shows in Dublin on Wednesday, October 25th and in Belfast on Tuesday, October 24th.

On the back of the release of their critically acclaimed second album O Monolith and a raucous festival set at Beyond The Pale last weekend, the UK five piece known for testing limits and breaking rules are returning to Irish soil.

O Monolith was released on June 9th and has garnered worldwide praise, with The Times commenting that their latest album is "fascinating, rewarding of persistence and totally worth losing yourself in." Produced by Fontaines' man Dan Carey, Squid's debut album Bright Green Field was released on May 7th 2021 via Warp Records.

The raucous group released their debut EP on Speedy Wunderground, Town Centre, back in 2019.

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Teeming with melodic epiphanies and layered sounds, O Monolith is a musical evocation of environment, domesticity and self-made folklore. Like its predecessor, 2021’s critically acclaimed album Bright Green Field, it is dense and tricksy – but also more warm and characterful, with a meandering, questioning nature.

"Every record we do is a snapshot of where we’re at," drummer Ollie Judge said. "We’re quite a musically stubborn band, and in an endearing way it’s a stubborn record. It requires quite a lot of attentive listening."

Expansive, evocative and hugely varied, O Monolith retains Squid’s restless, enigmatic spirit, but it still holds surprises for those familiar with Bright Green Field. It’s a reflection of the outsized progression of a band always looking to the future.

Shows will be held in Vicar Street, Dublin and Mandela Hall, Belfast. Tickets on sale this Friday.