Fox Jaw draw inspiration from disparate sources

Groove Tube with Cian O’Connell

Limerick five-piece Fox Jaw have been performing together for over a decade but their sound remains one of the freshest on the Irish scene. With influences varying across a variety of styles and genres, the group prioritise originality and ingenuity on every single they release. The result is an ever-evolving setlist that can appeal to all kinds of audiences.

This Friday, Fox Jaw play Galway’s Róisín Dubh as part of an Irish tour. It follows the release of Let it Run – an ethereal track with both an experimental structure and a catchy hook.

It’s the band’s second single of the year after March’s Madeline. Recorded with Mike Gavin, Let it Run is as sure of itself as it is ambitious.  Lead singer Ronan Mitchell describes the speed with which the song came into being.

“We only recorded it a couple of months ago,” Ronan recalls. “We’ve worked with Mike before on numerous projects and we know he’s always gonna pull it out of the bag for us. With this track, it came together pretty quickly – we got it out and the reaction to it has been pretty great.”

Naturally, a product of having five members is having five different opinions on every decision the group makes and every song they write.

Ronan’s bandmates are Morgan Nolan, Shane Serrano, Manolis Pates and Kieran J. Sims – and fortunately, it seems, the quintet tend to use their differences to good effect.

“I think we all have our own different tastes in music so we all bring a little bit of something different to it,” Ronan notes.

“I’ll usually write the bones of the song on my own and bring it to the guys. Sometimes I’ll have some parts written for it and sometimes I won’t but the whole thing gets pulled apart and put back together. We’re very conscious of making it sound good and modern – it’s just a product of the stuff we listen to.

“It keeps it fresh for us too… We’re always trying out new things – even this single has some weird time signatures happening on it which was fun to do. You don’t normally hear that on singles but yeah, we get a kick out of doing stuff like that.”

For more, read this week’s Connacht Tribune.

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