Aoife Power, Niall Burns and Andrew Flood met for the first time as underage teenagers in Costello’s Tavern, a music bar in Limerick, Ireland. Fuelled by cheap drinks and the sound of The Velvet Underground they bonded over their musical tastes, which eventually led to the formation of their own indie pop band whenyoung.
Since moving to London in 2017, the trio has released a handful of successful singles, supported the likes of Dream Wife and The Vaccines and performing alongside the likes of Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie, Bono, Sinead O’Connor and Johnny Depp at Shane MacGowan’s 60th birthday celebration.
In Glasgow, they have played Tenement Trail and their own headline gigs at places like SWG3’s Poetry Club.
You can buy their debut album, Reasons to Dream, here.
whenyoung return for TRNSMT, playing on the King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut stage on 14th July.
Five Quick Questions: whenyoung
1. What was your entry point to music – why did you first get up on a stage?
Entry points are too embarrassing to be repeated, I’m sure we were crap. But we always had a passion for music.
We first got on stage because it was just something we felt we had to do. We all had a burning itch to be in a band. And I think we’ve improved since!
2. What’s been your main musical highlights of your career so far?
It’s all been a highlight to be honest. Probably the few times we’ve shared stages with our idols have been the biggest OMG moments though.
When you’ve grown up loving and being inspired by an artist and then get to play on the same bill, that’s pretty mental. Supporting Nick Cave and Patti Smith. Meeting heroes like Shane MacGowan, Bono, Sinead O’Connor.
Also recording an album was definitely a bucket list moment!
3. What’s your big plans for 2019?
We got our album out this week which is big plan number one. Got a load of festivals to play including TRNSMT of course. Then we’ve our biggest ever Irish and UK headline tour coming up in October, including a gig at King Tut’s.
4. Why do you think music festivals continue to find an audience and what’s been your own festival experiences?
I suppose because they appeal to all ages and tastes. There’s that coming of age thing about a festival, everyone has to do it once even if you’re not a music fan.
We found out last summer that festivals are very different when you’re performing rather than attending! Hotter food, colder drinks, cleaner toilets, it’s very glam back there.
5. What can we expect from your set at TRNSMT?
We’re on early in the day on the King Tut’s stage, so make sure you’ve had your morning dose of Bucky and expect to be energetically charged in the space of our 40 minute set.