Kneecap announce new album ‘Fenian’, motivated by Keir Starmer

Fenian will be released on Heavenly Recordings, with its first single Liars Tale released later today.
Album cover - New Kneecap album Fenian

Album cover - New Kneecap album Fenian

Irish rap trio Kneecap have announced a new album claiming that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer describing them as terrorists was “all the motivation we needed”.

The group, made up of Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, Naoise Ó Cairealláin and JJ Ó Dochartaigh, will release their second studio album, titled Fenian, on April 24, after they hit the headlines in 2025 when O hAnnaidh was charged with a terror offence.

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