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Third Smoke are an Irish alternative indie rock band of multi-instrumentalists whose energetic performances are built upon a mixture of powerful vocals, dynamic harmonies, and the chaotic on-stage swapping of instruments. Drawing inspiration from, and comparison to, Arcade Fire, Talking Heads, Glass Animals and Foals, Third Smoke have established a live show that channels anthemic, melody-driven indie rock with a blending of gang vocals and controlled mayhem.

Their profile has been steadily rising over the last three years, with notable performances including a very well received set at Other Voices, supporting Ham Sandwich on a national tour and in Dublin’s Olympia Theatre, along with supporting Glen Hansard, Delorentos and Le Galaxie among others. Third Smoke have appeared at festivals including Longitude, Electric Picnic, Sea Sessions, Indiependence, Castlepalooza, Knockanstocken, Sunflower Festival, Vantastival and many more, along with headline appearances in Whelans, the Roisin Dubh and the Spirit Store.

** PRESS ** 
Ed Smith, Today FM. 
“Excellent new Irish music from Third Smoke - Their brand new single 'Man Made Fire' is an epic salvo from one of our most interesting bands.”

Nialler 9, The Irish times. Songs of the week. 
Dundalk-based indie-rock band follow up their idiosyncratic season-focused single Ms. Summer Breeze, Third Smoke push their harmonic ways that are reminiscent of Grizzly Bear with a bit more bluesy chain-smoking going on.”

Tony Clayton Lea - Other Voices 
Elements that make Third Smoke come across like a good bet include a lead singer (Hugh Donlon, lanky, slim, the owner of a haircut that has seen better barbers) who isn’t afraid of using the small venue space to the best of his ability (in other words, he’s a nutter). Interestingly, there is more interactive swapping of instruments at this gig than at any other I’ve seen over the weekend. This is either the egalitarian process in full swing or just a bunch of people that like to keep the songs on their toes. Whatever the process (we think it’s more the latter than the former), it works a treat.

Airplay 
Today FM, 2FM, Spin 103.8, Live 95 Limerick and Cork's Red FM among others including BBC Northern Ireland.

The trick was to surrender to the flow ⭕️

DANIEL HWANG is a composer for film, games, and narrative media.

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Producer, songwriter, musician & engineer

Jonathan Badger is a guitarist, composer and video artist.  He studied composition with Stephen Jaffe, Scott Lindroth and John Harbison at Duke University Graduate School of Music.  He also studied in Guitar Craft, a school founded and guided by Robert Fripp.  JB's work ranges from postrock sludge to neobaroque chamber music.  In live performance his compositions and improvisations show themselves in electronic garb, all the while maintaining the character of guitar music.  Often his performances include the use of a distinctly musicalized video projection system.  

PRESS

"This melancholic, mosaic record—the second from Baltimore-based aural alchemist Jonathan Badger . . . shuffles nimbly between extremes of darkness and light the way an Olympic figure skater transitions from twirls and spins to Lutzes and axles, a suite of fluid, involving instrumentals that draws from disparate genres to arrive at a sort of post-ambient survey course."
Raymond Cummings, Baltimore City Paper


"One of the draws of 'Unsung Stories' [is] the way Badger manages to maintain the structural familiarity of ... rock, while crashing it at speed into the forward-thinking subversion of a compositional approach unfettered by convention.
     Throughout the disc, Badger uses that subversion to unseat the comfort we take in a melody by twisting and roughening it. It makes us stop listening passively and start looking actively at what’s being done so that we can try to understand."

John Shanahan, Hypnagogue

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