Belfast’s Madams Last Discovery release second single ahead of EP
By NEW SINGLE ‘The Message’ on 11/02/26
The second release from the Belfast based psychedelic post-punk band’s debut EP “The World’s End”
Madams Last Discovery, or Madams as their fans have affectionately nicknamed them, are a psychedelic post punk band carrying an explosive unapologetic sound as a tyrannical mix of Sean Ryder’s Happy Mondays, on a three-week Belfast bar crawl, having run into David Byrne, Grian Chatten and the devil along the way. Would you be coming back from a night out like that?
Based in Belfast the band has been together for 3 years. During 2025 they toured the UK, performed at Stendhal, Output festival, Whelan’s Ones to Watch and supported Inspiral Carpets.
To start the year running Madams released their exhilarating track “Orange Juice” in January. This featured on BBC Radio 1, Radio X, RTÉ 2FM, Hot Press Magazine and more.
Now to follow-up its predecessor the band releases one of their oldest tracks on the setlist ‘The Message’. This track has been notorious at Madams live shows with its lyrical tribute in the chorus to the world-famous town of Strabane*.
This is followed by announcement of their debut EP “The World’s End” which is to be released on the 11th of March.
*If you’re not from around Belfast and you don’t know what/where Strabane is, count yourself lucky*
“Oh yes that’s the way to do it, getting underway with a brand-new name to the show, that is Madams Last Discovery. If you like the sound of that and you’re in Dublin, then go and see them…at the legendary venue, Whelans, in Dublin and they’ll be there tonight. If I was there, I’d be going” – John Kennedy, Radio X
“First track off their debut EP set to be released in March…that there is Madams Last Discovery real Fontaines energy on that, little bit of Fat Dog too, it’s called Orange Juice” – Jess Iszatt, BBC Introducing Radio 1
“Madams Last Discovery…Belfast purveyors of aggressively melodic psych rock” – Taylor Johnston, BBC Introducing Radio Ulster
“New one in the mix for you, for you to definitely discover…4-piece band for you there that you can put on your personal playlist…if you’re thinking say Fontaines D.C, The Murder Capital, Gurriers, if you’re in that lane, Madams Last Discovery is definitely for you” – Beta Da Silva, RTE 2FM New Music Show
This is the second single off Madams Last Discovery have released off their debut EP and one of the oldest songs to still feature in the set. Written back in 2022 back in school “The Message” is a track that has grown with the band over the years changing with each new influence.
Nathan Shawe (Guitarist) – “I was really into a band called ‘Eleven’ at the time, and Alain Johannes’ style of playing, that’s where the chuggy, slow, swung style of playing was taken from. The guitar part was first brought to us by Flinn and was at a much faster pace. This is where I came in and slowed everything down, it was the first time we had a song like this. However, after being in our set so long, it has evolved so much, with us adding elements to try and make it more impactful and punchier for a live audience. There’s a lot of emotion in just the instrumentation of this song alone, especially as it has a real groove to it, and I think we all feel that when performing.”
Flinn O’Grady (Lead Singer) – “I ended up writing the lyrics in my head while running late for a bus, I remember scribbling them down on my hand. I just wanted to just start with something very cliché with the main line being ‘Hey You’.
I have no idea where it came from but for some reason I wrote about ‘a job down the alleyway in Strabane’. I couldn’t even tell you the last time I was there, but especially at our first few gigs people would come up and say, ‘I love that Strabane song’.”
This slower style of track is where the groove influence, running through each member of Madams blood, really takes centre stage. With each live performance, the song is without fail met with a row of head bangs.
About:
Madams Last Discovery kicked off 2025 by releasing their single “Work of Art”. This gained them a placement in BBC Radio Ulster’s ‘Where Music Matters’ playlist for January as well as air play from BBC Across the Line Introducing and Dublin City FM on Tilt.
Madams joined the talent development program, ‘Scratch My Progress’ as part of the Oh Yeah Music Centre in Belfast. Through this the band has been worked to release their song ‘Champagne’ in March with industry professional guidance and advice. The song was heavily praised on RTE 2FM’s New Music Show with Beta Da Silva as well as getting plays from RTE 2XM with Dan Hegarty, ATL Introducing and Stephan McCauley on BBC Radio Ulster.
After they got their first shows across England in London, Liverpool and Manchester under their belt in June along with their single WASTE. The band continued to build with performances supporting Inspiral Carpets, The Howlers and Dea Matrona. As well as Festival appearances at Stendhal, Output Belfast and Whelan’s Ones to Watch in Dublin.
They have begun 2026 with the promise of their debut EP on the 11th of March which started with the first single off it, “Orange Juice”. This track featured on Radio 1, Radio X, Dublin City FM, BBC Radio Ulster and was picked as Beta Da Silva’s track of the week for his New Music Show on RTÉ 2FM.
Produced and mixed by Darragh Tibbs and recorded in Analogue Catalogue Studio, ‘The Message’ will be released on 11/02/2026.
EP “The World’s End” is being released on 11/03/2026.