Young tigers earn their Strypes
They’d certainly still be in school. “I’d maybe have a summer job,” the 16-year-old offers a little uncertainly, adding a rueful laugh. Instead of kicking their heels around their native Cavan, the Strypes have been winning more converts around the UK to their rhythm and blues-influenced sound, culminating in playing a packed tent at the John Peel Stage in Glastonbury.
Were they over-awed by the occasion? !“We’ve been playing for three years now so we don’t really get nervous anymore. I just feel normal before I go on. So it’s pretty easy,” says Farrelly.
