The Molly Vulpyne Band formed in 2024, when what was meant to be “just one gig” snowballed into recording an album and playing a rapid-fire run of festivals and gigs across the UK and Ireland. After releasing her solo EP, Amortise, in 2024, Dublin based songwriter Molly Vulpyne (Vulpynes) expanded her sound with a full band featuring Irish punk veterans Peter Jones (Paranoid Visions), Jay Bagnall (Paranoid Visions / Steve Ignorant Band), and Tony Carberry (The Lee Harveys). The Molly Vulpyne Band have now released their debut album, Houndstooth and the Hum, via FOAD Musick, the band’s sound refuses to be boxed in, part punk, part alternative, part melodic, part chaos and raw emotion. It fits nowhere and everywhere, and that’s exactly the point. Drawing comparisons to PJ Harvey, Patti Smith, and Garbage, Molly Vulpyne channels fury and vulnerability while forging a sound that is unmistakably her own; poetic, political, and always authentic.
“Houndstooth and the Hum is my first ever album release, which feels surreal after ten years in the music industry, although by punk standards that’s barely any time at all. The record is about the constant noise, the humdrum, the routines and patterns we fall into whether that’s work, relationships, careers, or just being stuck in your own head. The 9–5 grind. The pressure to monetise art and ‘be something’. I spent time caught up in the music industry rat race and it didn’t suit me. I don’t want my art to be my wage, I don’t want fame, and I don’t want to be a perfectly packaged product. ‘It Don’t Fit’ is about that feeling of not fitting into the 9–5 world or the artistic one either, and not knowing where your place is. Our last single, ‘My Expiry,’ came with a video made by friends, family and fans holding signs about their own insecurities, this idea that we’re ‘expired’ by 30, even though some people feel more alive at 60 than ever. So why does it always feel like we’re running out of time? The album isn’t a neat, cohesive punk record, it’s fragments of emotions you feel when you’re lost, stuck, or just surviving. There are very personal moments: ‘14’ mourns my Grandad, ‘Ode To Your Farewell’ mourns a best friend. But it isn’t all doom and gloom, I hope the songs reflects the strength it takes to pull yourself out of inertia and be ok with not fitting into boxes and genres. Our next single, ‘Ur a Fad,’ is a nod to those in the music industry who value style over substance and ego over art. I think the punk community have welcomed me because I typically don’t fit into any box and that is fine by me!” (Molly Vulpyne)
The Molly Vulpyne Band will be tour in the UK in the coming months, including dates with The Darling Buds and Interrobang and an appearance at the this year’s Rebellion Festival.
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