Squarehead (band)


Not to be confused with the flowering plant Tetragonotheca helianthoides
Squarehead is a garage pop band based in Dublin, Ireland. It currently consists of lead singer / guitarist Roy Duffy, bassist Ian McFarlane and Ruan Van Vliet on drums.

History

Squarehead were formed in January 2010 when Roy Duffy began recording solo acoustic songs. Roy and Ian had previously been in a band with Lar Kaye of Adebisi Shank.
The band released their first single "Fake Blood" on 7" Vinyl through Any Other City Records, a label run by Villagers drummer, James Byrne. In a public vote on Nialler9 Music Blog, "Fake Blood" was voted Number One in "Irish Songs of 2010"
The band's second single, "Midnight Enchilada" was released by the Richter Collective Label on 21 March 2011. The single has received plays on Don Letts & Lauren Laverne show on 6Music, the Dermot O'Leary show on BBC Radio 2 and the X-Posure show on XFM
On 25 February 2011, Morrissey attended a Squarehead show at the Workmans Club, Dublin

Discography