The Flag Listeners play Dolan's Upstairs on Tuesday, 30th December, 2025.
The band’s recent releases include singles, A Part of Me, Laughing Trees and The Wrong America.
The band’s debut album, and other short stories, received a glowing review from Hot Press’s Stuart Clark, who called it “ a songwriting masterclass from Limerick’s finest”.
The Flag Listeners :
Eamonn Hehir (vocals, acoustic and electric guitar)
John Steele (vocals, electric guitar)
Sean Fox (bass guitar, backing vocals)
Des O'Grady (drums, backing vocals)
Eamonn Hehir released two solo albums: “Blood Mill Road” (2000) and “The Flag Listeners” (2012). Hot Press described the latter album as “…a heady mix of guitar pop, dreamy soundscapes and poetic lyrics…”
The Flag Listeners were formed to play music from these solo albums, but rapidly outgrew that brief, developing a distinct band sound that reflects the members’ individual and shared influences, with fans citing Bowie, The Psychedelic Furs, Elbow, Prefab Sprout and Pink Floyd among others, and John Steele contributing to the songwriting.
John Steele's own recent solo albums, “All My Days” and “Naturally Nocturnal”also received very positive reviews: "...a great guitar player and a writer of real substance" - Stuart Clark, Hot Press.
The band has quickly developed a reputation for delivering a dynamic, high-energy live set with sounds ranging from melodic pop-rock, ambient atmospherics to full-on rock’n’roll.
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