After a year-long hiatus following the release of their debut album DN001 in February 2024, punk-funk band Def Nettle, fronted by prolific musician Glen Brady, triumphantly returned to the Irish music scene with folktronic single ‘Get Me Here’ earlier this year, remixed by renowned Dublin producer DJ Arveene, and the powerful stomper single ‘Headwrecker’, earning airplay on BBC Radio 6, RTÉ 2FM, Red FM, Louder Than War and Total Rock, alongside coverage in the likes of The Daily Star and Hot Press.
Upcoming single ‘Nothing For It’ explores anxiety, disorientation, resentment, and the overwhelming sensation of release, where the uneasiness of the verses are followed by an epic discharge of choruses, in true Def Nettle fashion. Blending nostalgic retro-futurism with a raw, unfiltered edge, the single pushes back against fabricated festival rebellion. Instead of relying on algorithms or performative activism to propel egos and ‘clout’, it refuses to sell sugar-coated sentimentality.
Frontman Glen Brady says, “This is not fake folk for fake folks. This is not influencers under the influence. Pop arrangements mutate into defiant, danceable derangement. Punk is dead, actually. You killed it. But Def Nettle is alive. There’s nothing for it”.
With pummeling drums and swirling electronic textures, ‘Nothing For It’ delivers a bold statement of intent, plunging listeners into a turbulent soundscape where raw energy collides with futuristic production.
One of The Irish Times’ ‘New Irish Acts To Savour’ in 2023, Def Nettle released debut album DN001 to critical acclaim, with The Irish Times writing: “Much of the record explores serious life experiences, but the approach is unexpected; sometimes elements of new wave and postpunk meet a peppering of The The and Tom Waits, and while the spectre of a certain musical period in Manchester looms at times – Joy Division on Architecture, and The Smiths on War Machine (which actually features the late Andy Rourke on bass) – it strays away from being pastiche, and brings something of a vitality to well-trodden pathways.”
Brady is a Dubliner with a twist of his childhood spent in New York and a chapter of life spent in Berlin and San Francisco, working at the top of his field in every aspect of music production and performance. He has session musician credits with the likes of R.E.M., has spent 5 years as an engineer with the California State Symphony and has toured as a member of DARK with Andy Rourke (The Smiths) and the late Dolores O’Riordan, as well as having mixed their album, Science Agrees.