Kneecap have shared another taster for their forthcoming album, Fenian.
Smugglers & Scholars is the follow-up to last month's Liars Tale single, and is the second track to be released from the follow-up to 2024's acclaimed Fine Art. The moody and intense single, titled as a play on Ireland's historical reputation as The Land of Saints And Scholars, is a reflection on Ireland's recent past, and specifically decades of political violence in the North of Ireland, and its impact on Irish society.
"Ya think it’s all poetry and clovers," one section of the song's lyrics run, "When it’s raincoats and police Land Rovers. Salt of the earth, looking over their shoulder. Someone shot in turn, chopper hovering over."
