Limerick punk-poet Sinead O’Brien is back with her latest single GIRLKIND on hip uk label Chess Club Records. This follow up to her hit single, Kid Stuff is taken from her yet-to-be-announced debut album. GIRLKIND was produced by Dan Carey (Goat Girl, Squid, Fontaines) and is accompanied by a mesmerising video directed by Saskia Dixie.

“I wanted to create something that responded directly to the form and patterning of Sinead’s track.” explains Saskia; “We have been fascinated with the shape of performative and neutral states of being for a long time and the film for Girlkind, I think, gets to the core of this idea. The passing of time is a reliable certainty that drives on regardless of what contrasting state you are currently embodying, so this became the base thread for the piece. Simple domestic activities swell into loops that feel absurd and almost choreographic in parts of the work. Whilst action and consequence are mapped out visually, time becomes fragmented, as the action takes place in the neutral arena, and the result, a mark or stain, comes through into the performative sphere.”

O’Brien will appear live at The Grand Social next February. Details below video.

Sinead O’Brien upcoming live dates:

November 19th – De Nijverheid, Utrecht, Netherlands
December 5th – Trans Musicales, Rennes, France (Ubu)
January 7th-9th – Rockaway Beach Festival, Bognor Regis 2022
January 18th – O2 Academy Brixton, London (IDLES support)
February 22nd – The Grand Social, Dublin, Ireland
June 6th – Primavera In The City, Sidecar, Barcelona, Spain