Finally, house plants that you can’t ruin!

Bell X1’s Paul Noonan and Daithí have combined in a surprise move forming HousePlants a band out of mutual admiration and shared appreciation for the others skills.

The pair previously worked together on Daithi’s ‘L.O.S.S.’ album, the track ‘Take The Wheel’ planted a seed upon which both artists wanted to build upon.

Having made Take The Wheeltogether for Daithí’s most recent record, I sent him a song last summer by way of a Howaya?, really, but also for his banger sensibilities!says Noonan. We began trading ideas with the idea that whatever we were doing was notTake The Wheel, that we go the other way and make music that was visceral and a release of sorts.”

It doesnt feel like one of us featuring on the others music – it’s greater than the sum of its parts,adds Daithí. I’ve always worked as a solo producer so forming a band has been a lovely experience. Theres magic in seeing one of your ideas being worked on from a different point of view, sending music to someone you trust and having it return as a brand new piece of art. The more you work together on an idea, the further it goes until eventually you cant see the seams. Its something completely unique.

Debut single Whats With All The Pine?is an attempt to speak to one of the phenomena of this time; the sometimes soul-crushing Zoom calls, the efforts to convey a certain taste or togetherness with our backgrounds while all around us is going to shit! having a snoop, an interest in othersprivate spaces and a certain judgy-ness around it all,” says Noonan of the track which is peppered with playful observations.

As time wore on, we increasingly felt the need to make something that shook us out of the fog. Something rattly, loose and defiant that blew the cobwebs away. Music that we could imagine playing at a 2am festival slot.

What’s With All The Pine (below) mixes together the best elements of each artist’s previous work; with Noonan’s sharp, trademark lyrical vignettes nestling perfectly on top of Daithi’s tapestry of thick but airy, mid-tempo electro shenanigans.