{"id":94576,"date":"2026-02-27T10:54:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T10:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=94576"},"modified":"2026-02-27T10:54:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T10:54:07","slug":"hit-irish-trio-kingfishr-return-for-2026-with-new-single-the-blade-as-well-as-music-video-featuring-actor-anthony-boyle-from-house-of-guinness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2026\/02\/hit-irish-trio-kingfishr-return-for-2026-with-new-single-the-blade-as-well-as-music-video-featuring-actor-anthony-boyle-from-house-of-guinness\/","title":{"rendered":"Hit Irish Trio Kingfishr Return For 2026 With New Single, ‘The Blade’, As Well As Music Video Featuring Actor Anthony Boyle, From ‘House Of Guinness’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kingfishr return with their first music of the year with the release of,\u00a0‘The Blade’, out via B-Unique\/Atlantic Records.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Kingfishr finished 2025 with a bang, celebrating a fully sold out Irish\/UK tour, which included two nights at Dublin’s 3Arena. They debuted ‘The Blade’ on the tour, to resounding approval from their fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘The Blade’ is out now, and is available to stream and download\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deeply personal, while being wholly relatable, ‘The Blade’ is an ode about reaching for darkness when you assume you\u2019ve exhausted all other options. The track is richly melancholic but also just as evocative and euphoric as has become Kingfishr’s signature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking about the song, Kingfishr said,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe Blade is probably as heavy a tune as we\u2019re ever likely to release. It\u2019s not something we ever expected to be writing about given the seriousness of it all.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The song just kind of happened and we feel it deserves to see the light of day\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Lyrically, ‘The Blade’ it leaves little to the imagination, nor is it wrapped within metaphor. It’s about the loneliness you can feel, even when you’re not alone, the turmoil of struggling when you can\u2019t pinpoint what you\u2019re struggling with; the sadness when you\u2019re otherwise happy with your lot. Rather than confronting those feelings, you push them down, locking them away, hiding them away, where they become just another problem to look after another time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The music video for ‘The Blade’ saw Kingfishr collaborate with fellow Irishman – and collective band favourite – the award-winning actor Anthony Boyle, best known for his work in ‘House of Guinness’, ‘Say Nothing’, and ‘Tolkien’, just to name a few. The talented artist was able to subtly but beautifully, bring the band’s lyrical reflections to life in his performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kingfishr speaks of the experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe met Mr. Anthony Boyle at a gig we were playing in Vancouver. He was shooting in the city and came to the show. We\u2019re big fans of his work and we\u2019d never met any famous actors, so we were delighted with ourselves. Funnily enough, we had organised a back garden gig later that night so you can imagine how that went.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cHe called into the 3Arena at Christmas too, and very graciously agreed to be part of the video for The Blade after that. The whole thing came together over the space of like, four days.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnto\u2019s friend and director, Sean, is a filmmaker from Derry. We used his short film Inhale as a blueprint. One minute we were on a phone call with Anthony and Sean, the next we were watching House of Guinness\u2019s leading actor riding a horse along the edge of the hill outside Derry, for our music video. Mental.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anto is a true talent and a great person. We\u2019re honoured to call him a friend :)\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Speaking about working with Kingfishr, Anthony Boyle said, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cKingfishr are one of my favourite bands so when the boys asked me did I fancy making a music video for their new song, I was buzzing. I listened to it and thought there\u2019s one man for the job of director – Mr Sean Patrick Mullan. We put our heads together over the next few days and created this music video on big Jim\u2019s farm in Donegal. Special times. A special band. And a really special song\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch the music video for ‘The Blade’ below.<\/p>\n\n\n

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