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ANOTHER DAY OUT OCTOBER 27th
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☀️ANOTHER DAY☀️

Well, it’s finally upon us,

Our second single, “Another Day,” will be yours as of October 27th.

This song is very important to us, and we hope it can be very important to you too.

Massive thank you to:
Alex Vinci (@narrowdoorrecords) - for producing/recording it
Joe Clarke (@joebclarke) - for mixing, mastering a dealing with ours (Lukes) endless pickiness
Luke Sharkey (@zepheed) - for once again allowing us to use one of his beautiful pieces as cover art

We can’t wait to share this song with you all on all your favourite streaming services, but while you wait you should totally pickup tickets for our two gigs on the 28th & 31st. There will be plenty of dressing up and partying you don’t want to miss out on!

Love,
Rafters.

📸 @keelanpalpics by @rafters.ie

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4 days ago

🎃 GIG O’CLOCK 🎃

We invite you to VOLUME 2 of our HALLOWEEN COSTUME PARTY at Wavelength this October 28th!!! 👻

We are joined once again by our lovely friends @rafters.ie and our scary evil friends @evilscientistttt 🌙

Tickets €12 live soon and doors are 7:30pm be there and dress scary 🧛‍♂️

Lots of love,
- Gorilla Gorilla x taken in Wavelength by @rafters.ie

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7 days ago

❤️ONE WEEK OF ‘IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE’❤️

So much has happened in the past 7 days. ‘In the mood for Love’ is officially a week old and we have gotten our first radio play courtesy of @maggie_blackburn! Unfortunately we were on stage at the time it was played and missed the broadcast but luckily our buddy Tadhg tuned in to RedFM at work and caught it (slide 2). We are eternally grateful!

In other news, the song is officially over 1,000 streams and really all we care about is numbers so that’s great.

In all seriousness, massive thank you to everyone who has made this possible, everyone who has come to a gig, everyone who has bought merch, streamed the single, shared it or even thought about it. You all make this happen by keeping local scenes alive.

Again huge shoutout to Alex (@narrowdoorrecords / @thelastvinci) & Joe Clarke (@joebclarke) for bringing the song to life and of course Luke Sharkey (@zepheed) for providing us the artwork.

See you all back here soon with some huge news, but for now up next is a gig at THE ROUNDY with our buddies @silver.ire_ & @crosswordsband !!

So excited to see you all soon,
Love,
Rafters. taken in Cork by @rafters.ie

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3 months ago

🎃 ND HALLOWEEN PARTY 🎃
Cork Friends! Are you ready for another Narrow Door gig?!

This time I need a proper celebration after the last weeks of health struggles so let’s have some proper craic.

Incredibly happy to announce our first Halloween party on October 31st at @fred_zeppelins with our best buddies @rafters.ie @theslugsband_ @queenlesskingsmusic with @rexarcum headlining the night for a proper family gathering.

A night for riffs and singalong lovers.

And because we need to make things even more fun, we’ll be picking the best / coolest / most ridiculous Halloween costume in the room!

🏆 The winner will get the chance to win a DINNER AT NARROW DOOR RECORDS, cooked by the man behind The Last Kitchen (aka me 😆), plus some Narrow Door custom goodies!

So… WHO’S IN??? 👻

🎟️ Tickets are ON SALE NOW via Powertik / link in bio & stories.

Poster by my BF @jaktruestory 🖤

https://ie.powertik.com/events/nd-halloween-party-with-rex-arcum-queenless-kings-the-slugs-rafters taken in Fred Zeppelins by @rafters.ie

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24 days ago

⁉️TOUR OVER⁉️

The Raftafarians were newly baptised last weekend on their FIRST EVER (unofficial) IRISH TOUR!!

We had the most fun time ever kicking it all off @cranelanetheatre with out best pals @gorillaxgorilla & @henosisband with one of the craziest crowds amassed for a GREAT CAUSE!! More news on how much was raised shortly… us musicians get lazy with posting stuff but we mean well I swear!

And then there was more… words are failing me right now, and they have been for a week now. I cannot sum up the absolute gratitude and excitement surrounding our first ever out of county shows, especially not when I’m speaking on behalf of four of us, but all I’ll say is that was incredible. Thank you so much to all the people that got down early to catch our sets @monroeslive in Galway & @thewatchtower_mchughs in Drogheda!! We will certainly be back!! An absolute blast was had!!

And what a band to do it with. I think I speak for all of us when I say it was an absolute honour to open for the greatest ever @smithereeeeeeeens and it was just some of the most fun we’ve ever had, both gigging and just hanging out watching family guy clips with the lads (and getting pushed oved by Noah. I will hold this grudge forever). Special thanks aswell to the Armenian Demon, the one and only @sammy_hovhannisyan for filling in on drums 🥁 for the two out of county shows. That guy is a MENACE.

Anyways, without getting too teary-eyed and boring you all, a massive thank you is in order to every single one of you who has supported the band in any way, whether it is by gigging with us, buying merch, or even just showing up any time we’ve played. It’s been amazing having all of you along for the ride and I cannot say enough that you guys are all the reason Rafters is alive and well.

And ALIVE AND WELL IT IS!! Up next we’ve got sold out @fred_zeppelins supporting @wastedspaceband alongside @dekke.m and then our halloween party of course!! See you all there, you don’t wanna miss it!! There may even be an even bigger anouncement soon in it for youfor you all!!

Love,
Rafters.

📸 @keelanpalpics et. al taken in Monroe's Galway by @rafters.ie

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12 days ago

💥WASTED SPACE💥
With support from Rafters and Dekkem
Saturday October 10th / 9pm / €10

Wasted Space was founded by Daragh Twomey & Steve Collins back in 2011 and in 2016, they called it a day after 2 EPs and a rake of gigs across Ireland under their belt.

In 2024, the band re-emerged from their hibernation, with Andy McGrath joining on vocals and Joe Clarke on drums. And now after the release of their new EP, "Discourse" earlier this year they are back and ready to bring the noise to Fred Zeppelins!

🎟️Tickets👉tr.ee/BuwvOВ
🔗Link in bio by @rafters.ie

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20 days ago

🥀WE’RE GOING ON TOUR??🥀

Kind of..

We continue this fantastic run of September gigs playing OUR first out of county shows next weekend!

Of course, not before we spend NEXT THURSDAY in @cranelanetheatre with our dearest friends @gorillaxgorilla & Dublin darlings @henosisband!! Free entry for a great cause so get on down if you’re around!!

Then, next Friday we join our absolute favourites @smithereeeeeeeens on tour for their dates in Galway and Drogheda, playing in @monroeslive & @thewatchtower_mchughs respectively!! Tickets in the bio selling FAST so make sure to grab yours quick!!

Lads, we are SO SO excited for our little unofficial tour, looking forward to seeing some friendly & new faces!!

Love,
Rafters

📸 @keelanpalpics @this_noe_ya taken in Cork City by @rafters.ie

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a month ago

🗣️TOMORROW NIGHT🗣️

As much as we’re missing our dearly departed Luke (pictured above) while he’s on erasmus, we keep going with this run of gigs TOMORROW NIGHT once again in the legendary @fred_zeppelins gigging alongside our new friends @kingsofthewild_official & Cork legends @wheelbite_ie

Tickets in the bio, please help us fund Luke’s plane ticket back for Christmas so he can see his family again!!

Rafters

📸 @keelanpalpics taken in Fred Zeppelins by @rafters.ie

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a month ago

🏀HE’S BACK🏀

That’s right, our very own overthinking hooper OLIVER SHARKEY just touched back down in Cork City after a long summer away learning how to play barre chords @schoolofrockqueens

His first gig back with us just happens to be next saturday, when we compete in the @fred_zeppelins Battle of the Bands Semi-Finals.

We’re also bringing along another special gentleman most of ye haven’t met yet.

Come down and boogie!

Love,
Rafters. taken in Fred Zeppelins by @rafters.ie

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a month ago

Shapeshift
Our sophomore EP, coming out 23/08.

We’re buzzing to release our second EP, and we’re only going on the biggest Irish Tour we’ve done yet to celebrate it. 11 dates across the country. 9 counties. Some of our favourite venues and some of our favourite bands on support.

Sonflour - EP Launch Party - 23/08 - SOLD OUT
Electric Picnic - Artlot Stage - 28/08

Dolans Kasbah - Limerick - 04/09 - With @ni_jackeen
Debarras - Clonakilty - 11/09 - With @ni_jackeen

The Grand Social - Dublin - 24/09 - Support TBA
The Watchtower - Drogheda - 25/09 - with @rafters.ie
Monroes - Galway - 26/09 - with @rafters.ie

Mike the Pies - Listowel - 02/10 - with @waveflyer.band
Pot Duggans - Ennistymon - 03/10 - with @waveflyer.band
The Vic - Tramore - 10/10

Coughlans - Cork - 16/10 - with @charliedelahuntymusic

Tickets all available in bio.
Pre-save our EP in bio.
Poster by @ngrunwell
Pic by @outoffocusmal

💥 Smithereens 💥

Shapeshift

Our sophomore EP, coming out 23/09.

Presave now in bio. by @rafters.ie

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3 months ago

💿ROUNDY WITH SILVER💿

Up next we have a gig in a venue we’ve never played before!

On July 31st we will be playing @theroundy alongside our buddies @crosswordsband supporting @silver.ire_ !!

Buzzing for this one. See you there!

Love,
Rafters

📸 @photogroofoos taken in The Roundy by @rafters.ie

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3 months ago