The Shruggs

Harmony loving Folk/Pop duo from Cork, ‘The Shruggs’, (comprising of long-time friends and Musicians James Downing and Kees Hendrickx) are steadily forging a reputation as a force to be reckoned with on the Irish Music Scene.
The Acoustic Duo are noted for their Catchy songwriting and incendiary live shows. They have been part of the official line-up for this Summers Bandon Music Festival on the June bank holiday, supported the likes of Mark Geary and released their new single After The War on the 10th of May this year.

This is ‘The Shruggs’ 3rd release with the previous 2 singles Their previous iTunes single releases have gained national/international plaudits and airplay from respected arenas such as:
Hot Press, TodayFM, TG4, Broadsheet.ie, The Daily Edge, Cork’s 103FM, 96FM RTE (and various online radio stations), IrishTV and The single The Ooh Song has won the BalconyTV Global rumble and is the Number One Voted song in the Cork Balcony TV Chart.

What people have been saying about The Shruggs:

“there’s an undoubted gift for strong melody present” – Nialler9 (http://nialler9.com)

“Fair play, in fairness.” – Broadsheet.ie (www.broadsheet.ie)

“rhythmically it’s also very pleasing, and the Fleet Foxes sounding harmonies are pitch-perfect.” – Remy’s Music and Film Blog

“the exuberance of the execution will surely put a smile on even the sternest of faces” – PureMzine review