KNEECAP announce new album ‘FENIAN’ with Keir Starmer takedown ‘Liars Tale’

Belfast rap trio KNEECAP are back with the news that their second studio album, ‘FENIAN’, will land on 24th April via Heavenly Recordings.

Named after the word for Irish folkloric warriors - and later a pejorative term for Irish people - the LP was recorded with cult producer Dan Carey, and features collaborations with Radie Peat, Kae Tempest and Fawzi. It’ll be a follow up to their 2024 debut ‘Fine Art’, as well as the group’s Sundance Award-winning self-titled biopic. 

‘FENIAN”s announcement also comes in the wake of a highly-publicised legal battle between KNEECAP and the British government - a clash which is directly addressed on the record’s rave-punk lead single, ‘Liars Tale’. Speaking on the track, the trio have said: “Starmer is a scumbag, don’t accept it. There’s no good in their politics and the belly of the beast is feeding overseas.”

Of the album’s broader mission statement, they assert: “They tried to stop us by branding Kneecap ‘terrorists’, with cancellations, with statements from the Prime Minister himself. We had all the motivation we needed… this isn’t a swift reaction, but a considered response to those that tried to silence us. And failed.

“It’s a more sinister sound… because these are sinister times. But also defiant and triumphant. After 800 years of colonisation, they thought the Irish language would die, it didn’t. Thanks to Muintir na Gaeltachta, and all the Gaels who refused to let their culture and language be destroyed. The Paddies are back.”

Watch the chaotic video for ‘Liars Tale’ below.