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PREYRS is the brainchild of Belfast rock artist Amy Montgomery and drummer/producer Michael Mormecha. Fusing raw alternative rock energy with the weight of metal, the quartet's music is an electrifying clash of aggression and euphoria, darkness and uplift, chaos and control. Elements of artists as disparate as Nine Inch Nails, Chelsea Wolfe, Sonic Youth, and Julie Christmas combine to delirious and heady effect.
New single, the high-octane ‘Zeros, Ones & Lies’, wrestles with the spiritual toll of being fed constant footage of atrocity and catastrophe by a media that accepts no responsibility for their part in the global race to the bottom. The track bursts into furious life with urgent, double-time drums met by guitars distorted to the brink of destruction before the song all but caves in on itself as Amy quietly asks of us “Can you feel it? / like a river / it flows so silently / it flows so violently”.
Busking on the streets of Belfast from the age of 15, Amy Montgomery met multi-instrumentalist Michael Mormecha a few years later and they’ve been working together ever since. Both songwriters in their own right, Michael fronted renowned Irish post-hardcore outfit Mojo Fury and worked as a producer for artists including The Bonnevilles, Mojo Fury and Joshua Burnside. They're joined as PREYRS by longtime guitarist Nolan Donelly and new bass player Ciarán McGreevy.
Known for electrifying live performances, PREYRS made their UK festival debut at Bloodstock Open Air this August, as well as appearing at Stendhal Festival in Ireland. Nominated as 'Best Live Act' and 'Best Artist' at the Northern Ireland Music Prize, Amy’s undeniably fierce and captivating frontperson energy has been her secret weapon often described as ‘otherworldly’ or ‘a force of nature’. For those seeking the epic, the healing, the aggressive and the unrelenting pulse of alternative rock and metal, PREYRS is it.
PREYRS will be supporting punk legends New Model Army across Europe this winter.
All PREYRS live dates:
September
27 Dogfest (Ferocious Dog) UK
November
11 Legend Club, Milan IT (Supporting New Model Army)
12 Fri-Son, Fribourg CH (Supporting New Model Army)
13 Halle 02, Heidelberg DE (Supporting New Model Army)
14 Sudhaus, Tübingen DE (Supporting New Model Army)
15 Meet Factory, Prague CZ (Supporting New Model Army)
17 Werk2, Leipzig DE (Supporting New Model Army)
18 Capitol, Hannover DE (Supporting New Model Army)
19 Aladdin Music Hall, Bremen DE (Supporting New Model Army)
20 Jovel, Munster DE (Supporting New Model Army)
21 Venlo, Grenswerk NL (Supporting New Model Army)
28 Kyttaro, Athens GR (Supporting New Model Army)
29 Mylos Club, Thessaloniki GR(Supporting New Model Army)
December
20 Palladium, Cologne DE (Supporting New Model Army)
21 Melkweg, Amsterdam NL (Supporting New Model Army)
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