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Walsh is certainly keen to emphasise that, pointing out that it has been a couple of years since the album, as well as highlighting the evolution in their sound from alt rock roots to something more shoegazey. While the initial songwriting responsibility had rested on Daly, it has now become more of a group effort.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Billy EP. It feels like a new beginning,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n
The actual origins of the band go back to when Daly, who hails from Carrignavar, and Walsh, who is from Watergrasshill, were in their mid-to-late teens and found themselves in a band together because each of them knew the drummer.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe used to play in places like Fred\u2019s and YMCA and we used to open for bands like The Love Buzz,\u201d recalls Walsh.<\/p>\n
The pair decided to start their own band, going under the name Private Idaho. In 2019, they went to Dublin to record their first single, Pretty Song, which was released in February 2020.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s still our most streamed song, which is funny,\u201d says Walsh, sounding amused. \u201cYou can hear the youth on Pretty Song.\u201d<\/p>\n
After lockdown, the pair decided to continue playing together and start a proper band.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe enjoyed what we did when we were younger before lockdown,\u201d explains Walsh. \u201c[Liam] was writing those songs that became our first album. We just wanted to keep going and start something new.\u201d<\/p>\n
There\u2019s a good reason why three of their very early songs didn\u2019t make the debut album. By the time they got together proper as Little Known in 2021, maturity was evident in the songwriting. As was their sense of ambition, which led them to invest their money in proper studio recordings.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe just believed in the music and thought there was a power behind it,\u201d Walsh says of the belief filling the band. \u201cThis sounds like a proper band, and we\u2019re becoming a proper band.\u201d<\/p>\n
Remarkably, their first gig was in Dublin, at a showcase in the Sound House. Encouraged by how well it went they began playing all the venues around Cork city. In 2023, two of their singles, Listen and Slow Daze, became RT\u00c9 tracks of the week, doing well with radio and Spotify.<\/p>\n
During the recording of those sessions, they realised they had enough tracks for an album and duly released As It Is.<\/p>\n
2024 was a much quieter year, but it saw them prepare the groundwork for their productivity this year.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis year it\u2019s been crazy,\u201d declares Walsh, as he outlines an impressive list of achievements, beginning in January with their appearance at Whelan\u2019s Ones to Watch, and includes support slots in Dublin to October Drift and Psychedelic Furs and their first headlining appearance at Cyprus Avenue. The band\u2019s sound has changed, becoming more atmospheric, and the line-up has been filled out by drummer Liam Berry and bassist Chris Kett.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis year felt like a new start for us. Even though Liam and me had been playing as Little Known for four years, it felt like the start of this year was the beginning of the band,\u201d asserts Walsh.<\/p>\n
The Billy EP also reflects the increasing dynamism in the songwriting. \u201cThere\u2019s different sounds, there\u2019s different styles completely almost. But it\u2019s still us,\u201d says Walsh proudly.<\/p>\n
Little Known launch the Billy EP at Dali on Thursday, October 9.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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