Turning Ham Sandwich into a musical banquet
NIAMH FARRELL is still taking it in. “To have our album go to the top of the charts is surreal. We all thought, ‘What the heck is going on?’” says the Ham Sandwich singer, reflecting on the success of the band’s third LP, Stories From The Surface. “To see your name up there, above Taylor Swift and what have you... it’s just bizarre.”
The Co Meath indie outfit won’t become rich on the back of their success. Record sales in Ireland are notoriously puny and it is doubtful they had to shift more than several thousand units to claim number one. That said, a chart-topping album brings benefits beyond the merely financial.
