Inhaler have spent a majority of their short career with something to prove. The Dublin-based band have always tackled the #NepoBaby conversation head-on, readily admitting that vocalist Elijah Hewson’s dad (AKA U2’s Bono) opened some initial doors and helped generate a lot of early buzz, but they’ve also had to work hard to keep those same doors open.
2021’s debut album It Won’t Always Be Like This topped the UK Album Charts, becoming the fastest-selling first album on vinyl of any band this century in the process, while countless gigs and festival slots soon followed. Released earlier this year, follow-up album Cuts & Bruises traded in their optimistic indie rock for something more brooding but no less electric, and the four-piece spent their summer supporting the likes of Harry Styles and Sam Fender at huge outdoor shows. Their music now sits somewhere between the grit and the glamour that those acts offer.
