Little Green Cars' hitting the road again with new album

Little Green Cars’ second album looks set to reinforce their status as one of the best bands in Ireland, writes Ed Power

IS IT terribly cheesy to ask Little Green Cars about Harper Lee, the novelist who died several days before our interview? One of the Dublin band’s early hits is named for Lee, the song seeming to capture some of her underdog spirit.

“She was Truman Capote’s assistant while he was writing In Cold Blood,” says singer Stevie Appleby. “When he was talking to all these people [researching his book] they would ask her, ‘Are you still working on that novel of yours?’. They were talking down to her. It reminded me of people asking us [adopts condescending tone] ‘Are you still in the band?’”