MODERN LOVERS CURATED BY FOGGY NOTIONS PRESENTS
GB
DAVID DEBARRA
BELLO BAR
12TH NOVEMBER
Tickets on sale Friday 26th June at 10:00.
As part of the inaugural MODERN LOVERS, a new music programme curated by Foggy Notions across multiple venues in Dublin City from Nov 9th to 16th acclaimed Copenhagen artist GB makes his Irish debut with support from one of Dublin’s most unique pop songwriters, David deBarra.
GB is an artist from Copenhagen who crafts texture-heavy, adventurous guitar music cut with a pop sensibility. His debut record, the collage-based cult hit Gusse Music, which was released via storied CPH label Posh Isolation in 2024 – the final vinyl LP the label issued before they closed down. The following year saw the release of his double-EP, Ressed / Falter, on London’s untitled (recs). His newest release, Herzsprung, will be out August 21 on AD 93.
Danish musician Gustav Berntsen, who records as GB, has signed to AD93, where he’ll release his new album Herzsprung on August 21. Berntsen pieced together the LP’s lyrics from copies of Metro, a London daily newspaper, then paid for studio time with the money he made from appearing in Jaguar’s 2024 ad campaign.
David deBarra is a singer-songwriter from Dublin with an experimental approach to pop and rock music and a background in arrangement and composition for voice. He has just released his second album ‘Rest in Peace, Brian Wilson’ which is available for free on Bandcamp and streaming platforms.
The music is energetic and direct, recalling the ethos of the best of 90s rock, while also giving a nod to 60s and 70s classics, recalling at different times the likes of Weezer, Judee Sill, The Beach Boys, Green Day, Bob Dylan, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Four Seasons and Elton John. But these comparisons don’t quite capture the essence of the music, with David’s idiosyncratic compositions brimming with melodic colour and harmonic depth, his deeply personal and disarming lyrics, and the alternatively maximalist and minimalist productions pushing his sound into new territories.
The music is energetic and direct, recalling the ethos of the best of 90s rock, while also giving a nod to 60s and 70s classics, recalling at different times the likes of Weezer, Judee Sill, The Beach Boys, Green Day, Bob Dylan, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Four Seasons and Elton John. But these comparisons don’t quite capture the essence of the music, with David’s idiosyncratic compositions brimming with melodic colour and harmonic depth, his deeply personal and disarming lyrics, and the alternatively maximalist and minimalist productions pushing his sound into new territories.
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