The anthemic track already feels like it’s been here for an entire era – a raucous party tune that will no doubt birth some of the biggest festival singalong chants of the summer, this is a brilliant, invigorating, unapologetic declaration of identity and community. Tiochfaidh ár lá - somebody sample that.
Talking about the track, which marks the trio reclaiming a word that became an anti Irish slur, but one steeped in history and pride, KNEECAP said:
An Anthem to embrace our Fenian past, and to cure our colonial hangover by reconnecting the warriors of Irish folklore with the Fenian c*nts from the North of Ireland today.
The track is accompanied by a brilliantly surreal video shot in and around West Belfast which sees DJ Provai’s now ubiquitous tricolour balaclava very much front and centre.. The video was directed by Thomas James, who added:
For me, this track is about a reclaiming of identity. Not only of the word, but for people too. Which is what our film is. A trippy whirlwind through people and places who embody the spirit of the boys and the song. Of seeing the word Fenian through a new lens.
It was a blast. It was chaos. It was a fever dream of running around Ireland convincing people to pop a bally on and do something mental. Good times had by all.
