The Riptide Movement

There’s no doubt that music courses through the soul of Ireland, and for a nation
of just four million inhabitants it punches way above its musical weight on the
world stage. Entering into the fray stride The Riptide Movement, Ireland’s
newest musical export, boasting the kind of rabble-rousing, blue-collar rock ’n
’roll that should see them become the Emerald Isle’s answer to The Gaslight
Anthem, Augustines and Frank Turner.

Having blown the Irish music scene wide open in 2014 with their Number One,
gold-selling album ‘Getting Through’, a string of Top 10 singles and various sold-
out headline tours, the four piece – comprising Mal Tuohy (vocals and guitar), Jay
Dalton (guitar), Gerry McGarry (bass & harmonica) and Gar Byrne (drums &
piano) – are now setting their sights on worldwide success.

“We’ve never, ever taken ‘no’ for an answer,” says Mal. “If there’s something we
want to do or achieve, we just sit down and say, ‘How are we going to make it
happen?’ And it happens. I think that positivity and ‘If we all pull together…’ spirit
comes through in our music too.”

Having won over their countrymen, and started gaining attention in the UK with
support slots to The Rolling Stones in Hyde Park (2013) and at Glastonbury
(2014), The Riptide Movement unveil their debut British release with the single
‘All Works Out’.

A passionate, chiming, sing along anthem of positivity, accompanied by a striking
video starring renowned Irish actress Amy Huberman that’s already racked up a
quarter of a million views, ‘All Works Out’ is a glorious calling card for the band.

The single is the opening salvo of The Riptide Movement’s progress from feted
sons of Ireland to musicians on the global stage. The track is taken from the
album ‘Getting Through’, which has just been included on the Meteor Choice
Music Prize Shortlist for Irish Album of the Year, of which the band will be
performing at the award ceremony on March 5th. ‘All Works Out’ showcases just
why the band are likely to follow in the footsteps of many an Irish musical
émigré and win new fans in the UK, America and beyond.

Getting Through is released in Europe in June 2015.