Virgin Prunes "The Debut EPs" 2025-05-02 " - John Gourley

" - John Gourley

The new album

I will at least concede that there are certain key influences for many a young (at heart) local miscreant

and very artistic hybrid that brings the forgotten lessons from the earliest days of rock 'n' roll into a future that has room for the modernities of studio technique and 21st-century singer/songwriter idiosyncrasies

"It's crazy because the song's been out like forty years

Virgin Prunes "The Debut EPs" 2025-05-02 " - John GourleyThe subversive beauty of the Virgin Prunes captured the imagination of a generation during a decade of extraordinary creative activity from 1977 to 1986. The band emerged from a closely knit group of young Dublin musicians called 'Lypton Village', some of whom formed U2. They all shared a vehemently anti patriarchal, anti establishment spirit and their different religious backgrounds strengthened their mutual interests. They released five albums