Dylan Flynn and the Dead Poets

Some bands chase a sound. Dylan Flynn and the Dead Poets chase connection. Born out of Limerick’s tight-knit creative community, the five-piece have carved out a space that feels both widescreen and intimate, blending indie-rock heart with pop clarity, all built on a fiercely DIY backbone. Their music speaks directly to twenty-somethings trying to figure out their place in a country that often pretends they don’t exist, and that honesty is exactly why they’re exploding right now.

Frontman Dylan Flynn leads the charge on vocals and guitar, backed by an airtight lineup: Marty Ryan (lead guitar/backing vocals), Killian Moran (bass/backing vocals), Paul Breen (drums), and Chris Britton (keys/saxophone). Together, they create a sound that shapeshifts between the buster of The War On Drugs, the raw emotional gravity of Radiohead, the wind-in-your-hair passion of Springsteen, and that modern, widescreen indie energy you’d associate with Gang of Youths or Sam Fender.

2024 was massive for the band. They self-produced and released their new album, hit the road hard, and started selling out rooms across the UK and Ireland. The streaming numbers followed, 2,000,000 and climbing, and so did the cosigns. Support slots with NewDad, The Darkness, and Kingfishr; a huge appearance at SXSW in Austin; radio spins on BBC ATL, Radio X, and RTÉ 2FM; and features in Clash, Atwood Magazine, The Thin Air, and Hot Press.

And critics aren’t exactly being shy about it either:

Atwood Magazine call them “one of Ireland’s most exciting rising bands.”

Clash praises their “sense of maturation and evolution.”

BBC’s Gemma Bradley is “absolutely obsessed.”

Hot Press say they’re “spine-tinglingly fantastic.”

Now they’re starting 2025 with firepower, their brand new EP, ‘I’ve Been Living Life The Wrong Way’, dropped on 7th November, a four-track, sixteen-minute burst of clarity, catharsis, and self-interrogation. It’s the band at their most open, most gripping, and most ready to take the next leap.

There’s something happening in Irish music right now, a wave of honest, thoughtful, emotional songwriting, and Dylan Flynn and the Dead Poets aren’t just riding it. They’re shaping it, one heart-punching chorus at a time. Ones to watch? Absolutely. But let’s be honest: you’ll soon struggle to ignore them even if you tried.