Red Eye Pariah

With infectiously catchy melodies and rip-roaring guitar at the pinnacle moments, it's an offering that won't leave your head in a rush. While the subject matter is serious, without a doubt, 'The Woman?' keeps up the momentum at every turn.”

- Hot Press Magazine

“Red Eye Pariah’s ‘At The End Of The Day’ is a rock track that takes its lead from indie and even a little pop. Built around weaving, driving guitar limes for a solid rock sound. The third release from the Belfast/Antrim four piece.” 

– Chord Blossom

From Locked-down to Sold-Out, Red Eye Pariah are one of the most prominent emerging artists in Northern Ireland. In just over one year the band have played 3 Sold-Out Headline Shows, received over 20,000 Spotify streams and cemented their place among those to watch on the Irish Music Scene.

The band consists of Alex Close (bass), Joe Dawson (Drums), Sammy Steveson (Guitars) and Deano Andrew Kelly (vocals).

For fans of Biffy Clyro, Arctic Monkeys, Kings of Leon, and Jamie T; Red Eye Pariah’s energetic instrumentals combined with catchy melodies and mixed genres, bring something unique to the table.

The band have also rubbed shoulders with Golden Globe winning actor Michael C. Hall when supporting his band Princess Goes to The Butterfly Museum. A great spot for the band to capture new audiences, opening to a Sold-Out crowd in the Ulster Sports Club.

Over festival season Red Eye Pariah have played several festival slots including Six Mile Music Festival, Stendhal Festival and Wild Roots festival where they played alongside megastars James Bay, Razorlight and King Kong Company..

The 4-piece have just announced their biggest headline to date where they will play the Belfast Empire on the 14th September to celebrate the launch of their upcoming EP “Koala Tea”!

KOALA TEA EP:

“The hardest decision we’ve made as a band was the selection of songs we chose for the EP. We wanted to show how broad our range is while still retaining our own signature sound. It’s important to us when people hear our music that they can say “That’s a Red Eye Pariah song” and it doesn’t just fade between the lines. ‘Koala Tea’ is our first multi release and we’ve been sat on some of the songs for months just raring to get them out. All the tracks on this EP are special to us in their own individual way and as a collective. We’ve welded so much energy into each little detail and we hope it shows.” - Red Eye Pariah

Koala Tea is a short collection of songs from Red Eye Pariah’s extensive unreleased catalogue. The EP is intent on showing the musical diversity and range in genre while retaining the unique sound that comes from the band.

The EP drops 2^nd September 2022 alongside the brand new single ‘When Push Comes To Shove’.

The EP song bios are as follows:

When Push Comes to Shove

"When Push comes to shove is a song, we thought would be relatable for people and speaks about our journey as a band. The Lyric “How can people know you, when you don’t know who you are?” resonated with us during the writing process. It was one of the first songs we worked on when we were finding our feet and homing in on our sound."

You & I

"‘You & I’ is a guitar driven rock n roll love song plain and simple. The song explains the different paths people take that lead them to intertwine and lose their individual selves and form with another to become one."

C.I.T.D.H

"A very nice lady had a go at Joe over Facebook mid pandemic about him wearing a mask and adhering to the guidelines at the time. We wrote a song about her.”

Scene >From A Different View

"We wanted something lively that would really turn heads coming up to festival season. The instrumental was written before anything else and then Deano dished out some heavy verses about a place very close to our hearts – Antrim Town. In our experience a lot of people aren’t fans of where they’re from or where they grew up. We all landed in our wee town at different stages in our lives and without the likes of Johnny B. Goodes Music Lounge, Event Tech NI, Council events, and cover gigs in different pubs and clubs; we wouldn’t be the musicians or the band we are today."