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“Behind the furore, the trio are really good at what they do. Mo Chara and Móglaí Bap are impressive rappers – raw-throated but dextrous, far funnier than you might expect if the only stuff you heard about Kneecap revolved around recent events. And live, their sound comes into its own, a fizzing stew with a bassy intensity that has a hint of the Prodigy about it: Fine Art’s sudden lurches from dubstep to four-to-the-floor pounding; Get Your Brits Out’s warped take on classic Chicago house.”

– The Guardian ★★★★★ –

“Their performance excels most in its pure kinetic energy. Irreverent lyrics shoot out like violent lava over fast and infectious beats; serious subject matter (colonialism; the plight of the Irish language; social disenfranchisement; drug use) is handled with punchy and cavalier humour…This embodied so much of what hip-hop has always been: forceful, urgent – and impossible to suppress.”

– The Independent ★★★★★ –

“On some level, the most dangerous thing Kneecap did at Glastonbury was wear balaclavas and scarves in a heatwave…There was so much joy and emotion in the dancing in the densely packed crowd it was impossible to resist.”

– The Telegraph ★★★★ –

“Delivering colourful street scenarios with amphetamine-speed raps, their music maestro – DJ Próvai, hooded as ever in a tricolour balaclava, pumping out appealingly crude beats that call back to the ’90s heyday of hardcore-into-jungle and reach out to the contemporary street music across the Irish Sea: grime.”

– MOJO –

“Coming on stage to a montage of news clips demanding their cancellation, it’s as triumphant as Jay-Z’s 2008 entrance. Kneecap continue to balance righteous anger, support for the oppressed, and an impulse to glorious chaos wherever they go.”

– DORK –

“West Holts stage was rammed past capacity, with 30,000 people crammed ear to ear for a chance to catch the festival’s most-talked-about act in the flesh…Kneecap wasted no time in pumping the energy levels up to maximum, despite the relatively early 4pm kick off…They were fiercely, unapologetically themselves.”

– Evening Standard –

“When it comes down to it, Kneecap are an incredible rap act and this is an atmosphere of both common belief and absolutely having it.”

– Mixmag –

“Gaining one of the day’s biggest crowds at the West Holts Stage, Kneecap opened with a montage of their critics, before moving into ’Better Way To Live’.”

– Clash –

“Kneecap are just one bright hope for that future.”

– SuperJam –

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