Peach pit announce 3Olympia show for April 2025

Ahead of the release of their fourth studio album Magpie next week, Vancouver outfit Peach Pit have announced a show at Dublin’s 3Olympia on April 7, 2025.

The four-piece - consisting of Neil Smith, Chris Vanderkooy, Peter Wilton and Mikey Pascuzzi - began recording Magpie  Spring 2023, with Peach Pit initially going into the studio with very few songs and plans to make a record on the fly, taking inspiration from The Beatles Get Back documentary.

“Sheepishly, we began to realize it wasn’t that simple unless you’re actually The Beatles, and we decided to spend more time writing,” says Smith. Later that year, the band would embark on their first-ever tour of Australia.

“As Vancouver was slipping into winter, Melbourne was heading into summer and the birds were everywhere,” Smith adds. “It was the magpies that caught my attention. I’m not sure what it was about them – maybe it was just the name that I liked. I liked the idea that the magpie is neither good nor bad. It reminded me of the record we were trying to make – the days of doubt after strumming the same four chords without a good melody, followed by the days of writing something worthwhile and biking home on a high.

“Magpie symbolizes the heartbreak that led to many of the songs we were writing, as well as the new love that inspired the others. The year it had taken to make Magpie had been full of ups and downs – constantly changing and leaving the good for the bad and the bad for the good, just like the songs on the record.”

First meeting each other in high school, Peach Pit have dropped three albums and two EPs since 2017, with their 2017 single 'Alrighty Aphrodite' boasting over 137 million streams on Spotify alone.

Tickets for the band's Dublin show start from €29.90 including booking fees and go on sale Friday, October 18 at 9AM via ticketmaster.ie.