Cherym

“A first class debut LP from a soon-to-be-important band on a sharp upwards trajectory…catch them now” - The Punk Site [5/5]
“The songs on this razor-sharp debut are fantastic–finessing the band's furious and fun punk through a pop filter” - NME [4/5]
"There is nothing more natural than talent tearing through your speakers... CHERYM have it!" - Jack Saunders, BBC R1
“Laden with ’90s riot grrrl energy...nostalgic as all hell while simultaneously giving us hope for the future” - ALT PRESS
“Packed with boisterous power-pop songs steeped in emo and grunge influences” - The Irish Times [7/10]
“May ultimately stand as one of 2024’s best pop rock records come the end of the year” - Noizze [9/10]
“Effervescent pop punk...expect everyone to know their name before too long” - Kerrang! Magazine
“Fun and infectious from start to finish, CHERYM’s debut is cracker” - Hot Press Magazine [8/10]
“CHERYM strike moments of gold on debut Take It Or Leave It” - The Line of Best Fit [7/10]
“A hugely infectious set of pogo-provoking, radio-friendly songs” - The Irish News
“A debut album that can only be described as ‘essential’” - LOUD WOMEN
“Upbeat, infectious and a delight from start to finish” - Punktastic
"This is so much fun" - Gemma Bradley, BBC R1
“A fizzy, razor edged delight” - DORK Magazine
"A bit of a tune" - John Kennedy, Radio X

Fresh from a triumphant album release and UK headline tour, and with their flag firmly planted as one of the hottest new voices in alternative music, Derry indie-punk outfit Cherym are delighted to reveal a scorching cover of Doja Cat’s anthemic single ‘Boss B*tch’ for International Women’s Day.

A portion of the proceeds from the single will be donated to the Women For Women charity’s Palestine appeal: https://www.womenforwomen.org/palestine 

There will also be a very limited edition 7” vinyl version of the cover available from the official Alcopop! Records store: https://ilovealcopop.co.uk/collections/cherym

The track will be available to stream on all good DSPs from 8th March 2024, and will also be free to download for all Yas B*tches from https://www.cherym.net/

Commenting on the cover, guitarist/vocalist Hannah Richardson says: “For International Women’s Day this year we decided we wanted to do something different. We wanted to take our own approach to a song that we felt inspired by. We’ve always felt drawn to Doja Cats’ originality and her take on femininity, which is why we felt so connected to this track in particular. ‘Boss B*tch’ to us is empowering, energetic and has what we would call raw bad b*tch energy.”

“The first time I watched the Boss B*tch music video it really conveyed to me what a strong woman is, being able to see life through the lens of a woman instead of being subjected to the male gaze. This is something we wanted to portray for our own version of the song, conveying femininity, masculinity or anything in between through our own self autonomy rather than what’s expected of us as women and femme presenting people.”

Alongside the cover version, the band are also delighted to announce that they will be playing The Great Escape Festival, 2000 Trees, Wales Goes Pop, Badlands Festival this year, with further dates TBA.

Cherym were also recently hand-picked by bassist Mickey Bradley to support ‘Teenage Kicks’ legends The Undertones on their autumn 2024 German tour dates later this year, and play their own Netherlands headline dates in March 2024, ahead of their support slots with Enter Shikari on their 2024 Irish tour dates (see below for listings).

The band’s critically-acclaimed debut album, Take It Or Leave It, was released in February 2024 on Alcopop! Records, and was widely praised in reviews from NME, The Line of Best Fit, The Irish Times, The Irish News, DORK Magazine, Kerrang! Magazine, Hot Press Magazine and more, and were recently named in Hot Press Magazine’s Hot For 2024 list.

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For those yet to join the bandwagon, Cherym are a three-piece from Derry in Northern Ireland with some seriously infectious songwriting credentials. Taking influence from The Smashing Pumpkins, Bikini Kill, American Football, PUP and Pixies, the trio formed after meeting in college over a joint love of garage rock, pop punk and a desire to be the biggest band in the world.

Starting out as a kick-back against the local music scene boys club back in 2018, the trio finally found mainland success in 2021 when they signed to Alcopop! Records for the release of their critically-acclaimed Hey Tori EP, showcasing their zingy, fearless new recipe for pop punk rock that centres the lived experiences of Gen Z queer women and non-binary people.

The EP’s success led to sizable tours alongside The Beths, cheerbleederz, Arxx and more, with the band jetting out to the US for the first time at SXSW 2023 in Austin earlier this year, and the trio also tipped for big things in Kerrang! Magazine’s Sound of 2023 feature, landing them a bumper summer of festival appearances at TRUCK, Rebellion, High Tide, Badlands and Omagh Pride.

Cherym’s self-released 2018 debut EP Mouthbreatherz garnered them fans all over Ireland, earning them slots at a number of prominent festivals and support roles for notable bands such as local legends And So I Watch You From Afar... and Fangclub.

They went on to win the ‘Oh Yeah Contender’ award at the NI Music Prize in 2019, which was sponsored by BBC Introducing, and Irish music bible Hot Press tipped them as one of their Hot For 2020 artists in their annual list.

The band released their latest singles ‘Abigail’ and ‘Weird Ones’ in May 2020, with support from both Spotify editorial playlists (New Punk Tracks, Punk Unleashed, Hot New Bands, Alt-Rocked) and national radio (BBC R1, BBC 6music, RTE 2FM, BBC Radio Ulster and more) with ‘Abigail’ debuted by Huw Stephens at BBC Introducing. 

In February 2020, the band embarked on a series of dates with Yonaka, including sold-out shows in Dublin and Belfast, ending the year with ‘Abigail’ nominated for best single at the NI Music Prize in August 2020.

The trio signed to Alcopop! Records in 2021 and released their latest EP Hey Tori later that year, making their biggest mark yet and setting themselves up firmly as ones to watch.

Singles ‘Kisses On My Cards’ and ‘Listening To My Head’ caused a storm among new music enthusiasts across UK media, with a host of press coverage from NME, Alt Press, UPSET, DORK, DSCVRD, HARD BEAT, VISIONS, Track 7, Get In Her Ears, Punktastic, Hot Press, Nialler9, The Irish News, The Daily Mirror NI, The Thin Air and many more.

The tracks also landed on Spotify’s New Punk Tracks and The Punk List, and picked up over 100 radio plays, with enthusiastic support rolling in from Jack Saunders and Gemma Bradley at BBC R1, Tom Robinson at BBC 6music, John Kennedy at Radio X, Dan Hegarty at RTÉ 2fm, BBC Ulster and more.

Cherym recorded Take It Or Leave It in 2023 with long-term producer and friend George Perks at Vada Studios in Alcester, just outside Birmingham. Not only is Take It Or Leave It chock full of pop-punk hooks and melodies, it’s also bravely and lucidly political—much more so than anything the band have written previously.

‘Alpha Beta Sigma’ was the latest in a slew of successful releases from the album, and follows on from ‘It’s Not Me, It’s You’ which picked up multiple spins across BBC R1. Roaring pop punk ADHD anthem lead single ‘Do It Another Day’ was released in autumn 2023, picking up a BBC R1 Future Artists play from Jack Saunders and landing on Spotify’s The Punk List.

Lead single ‘Taking Up Sports’ dropped last summer to coincide with the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. The official music video saw the band take on the Derry FC football team at The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium, with a guest appearance from Tramp vocalist Sianna Lafferty as love interest.