On Junior Brother‘s latest album, The End (reviewed here), he channels the creeping madness of lockdown on ‘Week End‘, on which he sings ‘There is no weekend, just days and days and days.’ According to the County Kerry-born, Dublin-based singer-songwriter, we have his girlfriend to thank for the line:
“Inspired by long, quarantined trips away from my loved one, in my parent’s house with nothing to do but stay inside and fend off madness. This was attempted by trying out joy, in order to laugh it all away. The Chorus’ main lyric, “There is no week end, just days and days and days” was lifted entirely from a quote my girlfriend said at this time, which perfectly summed up those strange, locked-down days.” JB
The accompanying video, directed by Ellius Grace, succeeds in transforming those strange, locked-down days into stunning visuals that make you feel the isolation closing in.
Junior Brother will take to stages across Ireland and the UK in the coming months at:
Junior Brother Tour Dates
November
21 DERRY Sandino’s
22 BANGOR Open House Festival
23 DUNDALK Spirit Store
25 STOKE Keele SU supporting Babyshambles
26 BIRMINGHAM 02 Academy supporting Babyshambles
27 LONDON Hootananny
28 LEEDS Hyde Park Book Club
29 MANCHESTER Gulliver’s
December
21 DUBLIN Vicar Street supporting Lisa O’Neill
Tickets available at: https://www.juniorbrother.com/tour