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Girl Band are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 2011, the group is composed of vocalist Dara Kiely, guitarist Alan Duggan, bassist Daniel Fox and drummer Adam Faulkner.

Early years (2011–13)
Prior to Girl Band Dara Kiely, Alan Duggan and Daniel Fox had played in the indie rock band Harrows together since their time in school. Harrows was formed when the members where 16 and was described by Kiely and Fox as "a shit version of The Strokes". Kiely played drums in Harrows and it was not until Harrows disbanded that he tried singing.

The band was formed in Dublin in July of 2011 by singer Dara Kiely, guitarist Alan Duggan, bassist Daniel Fox and drummer Adam Faulkner. In April 2012 Girl Band released their debut single "In My Head", through Any Other City Records. The song gave the band a name by gaining the band some attention from internet bloggers. The band followed up their debut single with an EP which was recorded live and produced by the band. This EP was entitled France 98 and was released through Any Other City. Both the band's debut single and EP where released as a free download on the band's Bandcamp page. Following this, Girl Band recorded a cover of techno artist Blawan's "Why They Hide Their Bodies Under My Garage?", which furthered their reputation and expanded their fan base, setting them up for a handful of UK tour dates through out April 2013.

Rough Trade Records and debut album (2014–present)
Through out 2014 the band released a number of limited 7" singles through Any Other City. In December 2014 Girl Band signed to Rough Trade Records. The deal with Rough Trade came about when the founder of the label, Geoff Travis had seen Girl Band play live at a couple of shows.  Which eventually lead to the label getting in touch with the band. The label wanted to "facilitate what [the band where] doing [at the time] on a bigger scale".  Girl Band felt really comfortable with the offer and the way it was set out and accepted. Girl Band got full creative control and produce their own records. In February, 2015 Girl Band announced their first US tour and their first release through Rough Trade, this release was entitled The Early Years. On April 21, 2015 Girl Band released The Early Years, the EP contained materiel such as the band's 2014 singles released on Any Other City and their popular Blawan cover, "Why They Hide Their Bodies Under My Garage?". On September, 2015 Girl Band released their debut album Holding Hands With Jamie, through Rough Trade The album was recorded at Bow Lane Studios in Dublin and self-produced by the band.

Musical style
The band has received numerous positive reviews over their debut album; Pitchfork positively stated, "Dara Kiely brings heavy vibes and great songs to Girl Band's new album. Should you laugh? Holding Hands With Jamie is as discomfiting as Kiely’s mental state". The Guardian dubbed the band "Full of sound and fury" and stated "This Irish four-piece howls at you from the very start, an unbroken series of thumping, crashing songs strewn with fractured, imagistic lyrics". Rolling Stone commented about Dara Kiely's vocal performance stating, "[Dara Kiely] sure sounds convincing. But he doesn't seem too shy about it, either — less like someone cowering embarrassedly in his room than a guy who's turned his fish-belly skin and concave abs into a creepy point of pride. That kind of confrontational, matter-of-fact ugliness is what this Irish post-punk crew does so well, torturing their instruments with dead-eyed precision and diabolical resolve. The dank, relentless music sounds like it was recorded in a meat locker under a fallout shelter". Rolling Stone also compared the band to Liars and Nick Cave's Birthday Party.

Influences
When asked about influences in an interview with Stereogum drummer Adam Faulkner stated, "Most of the bands we get compared to we don’t really listen to. For ages, for like a whole year, we got compared to Mclusky, and none of us ever listened to it. And then we all did and were just like, Nah, don’t like it."" The band claim to have influences ranging from bands such as Bad Brains, James Chance and the Contortions, Neu and The Chemical Brothers.

Controversies
The band caused offense with their name, with people claiming it is misogynistic. In an interview with Noisey Fox responded to the backlash over the name:"'At the time of coming up with it, we didn’t really think about that kind of aspect of it and it was upsetting to have someone think that about you. I can see where people would be coming from but they are kind of inherently misunderstanding—I think if you met us as people you’d understand where it's coming from. It isn't a super ironic thing plus we are probably the least macho people, ever. Some people probably think we are taking the piss out of girls, which we are very much against. It was like “Look. We’re really against what you think where we’re coming from.” I’d really hate to think that we put any women off, or any people off. But you could only do what you do and if people choose to get offended, whether they are men or women, they are entitled to feel the way they feel about it.'"

Band members

 * Dara Kiely – vocals
 * Alan Duggan – guitar
 * Daniel Fox – bass guitar
 * Adam Faulkner – drums

Discography
Studio albums EPs Singles Music videos
 * Holding Hands With Jamie (2015, Rough Trade)
 * France 98 (2012, Any Other City)
 * The Early Years (2015, Rough Trade)
 * In My Head (2012, Any Other City)
 * The Cha Cha Cha (2014, Any Other City)
 * Lawman (2014, Any Other City)
 * De Bom Bom (2014, Any Other City)
 * Pears For Lunch (2015, Rough Trade)
 * Paul (2015, Rough Trade)
 * Baloo (2016, Rough Trade)
 * In Plastic (2016, Rough Trade)
 * Lawman (2014)
 * De Bom Bom (2014)
 * Why They Hide Their Bodies Under My Garage? (2015)
 * Paul (2015)
 * Pears for Lunch (2015)
 * In Plastic (2016)