
Artist
NewDad
NewDad is a pop-rock artist from Galway, Ireland formed in 2018. 26 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Pop-Rock · Galway, Ireland · Best pop-rock albums
- 26
- Releases
- 2020–2026
- Active years
- 2018
- Formed

Artist
NewDad is a pop-rock artist from Galway, Ireland formed in 2018. 26 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Pop-Rock · Galway, Ireland · Best pop-rock albums

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MADRA
2024 · 11 tracks

Waves
EP · 2021

Banshee
EP · 2022

Kick The Curb
Single · 2026

Safe
EP · 2025

Everything I Wanted
Single · 2025

Pretty
Single · 2025

Roobosh
Single · 2025

Just Like Heaven (Live at BBC Maida Vale)
Single · 2024

White Ribbons
Single · 2024

Under My Skin
Single · 2024

Let Go
Single · 2023

Deezer Sessions
Single · 2023

Nightmares
Single · 2023

Break In
Single · 2023

Angel
Single · 2023

In My Head
Single · 2023

Say It
Single · 2022

ILY2
Single · 2022

Ladybird
Single · 2021

Cry
Single · 2020

How
Single · 2020

Swimming
Single · 2020

Blue (Happa Remix)
Single · 2020

Blue
Single · 2020
NewDad are a rock band from Galway, Ireland, formed in 2018. Their music has been compared to The Cure, Beabadoobee, and Just Mustard by NME magazine. Atwood Magazine wrote of the group: "The band oozes personality with cynical but honest lyrics, colorful visual components, and poignant messages about coping with the, albeit painful, formative experiences." The group have appeared at the Green Man Festival in Wales, the Pitchfork Music Festival in Paris, and on the Irish television program Other Voices. Career Formation and early career Julie Dawson, Áindle O'Beirn and Fiachra Parslow started the band while in secondary school as a way of avoiding solo performances for their Leaving Certificate practical music exam. Sean O'Dowd, who was studying music technology in Limerick, began recording the band, before eventually becoming a full member. An early feature in local paper The Connacht Tribune wrote "Belying their relative inexperience, Galway band New Dad are fast becoming one of the city’s most inventive and enthralling acts." The band released five singles in 2020; How, Swimming, Cry, Blue, and I Don't Recognise You, which accrued over two million streams on Spotify. On 5 Novem…