Cliffords release new single 'Rod For My Back'

Cliffords have released their new single 'Rod For My Back'.

The Cork four-piece relocated to London this year, working on their debut album with producer Kev Jones.

The multi-instrumentalist and producer co-founded Communion Music - a club night, independent record label, publisher, and promoter - and has worked with the likes of Wunderhorse and Little Grandad.

"Rod For My Back' is a story about being misunderstood and commodified for a culture in which we always felt like outsiders," explained vocalist Iona Lynch.

"As a queer woman who didn't fit the conventional norms of GAA clubs and the Catholic Church, I never quite felt 'Irish' enough."

Lynch continued, saying during their first tour in the UK, they were put into a "cultural box" with their Irish peers. The band felt that their individual identities as Irish people had been distilled down to an idea of culture they were never part of, and that they had been "washed away in a new wave of G-splitting Plastic Paddy enthusiasts."

Cliffords recently completed a UK tour supporting The Mary Wallopers, the Cork band performed at several festivals across Ireland and the UK this year.

 

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They closed Momentum Festival in Galway during the May Bank Holiday alongside The Scratch and Madra Salach.

The band's last festival appearance was in Glasgow this October as part of Tenement Trail, a multi-venue festival in Scotland.

• Listen to 'Rod In My Back' below: