Really Good Time

Really Good Time are a band from Dublin, that sound like ‘Vertigo’ era U2 covering Viagra Boys, or early Pixies and LCD Soundsystem records in a blender with some cheap speed. Their music toes the line between noisy and melodic, weird and anthemic. In their two years of existence, their mission has always been about finding ecstatic release within a crowd of bodies, moving together amidst waves of amplification.

The band began as friends, meeting many years ago while sharing small stages and warm beer playing with different acts within Dublin's close-knit music scene. As they started playing together, a set of guiding principles emerged: if something isn’t immediately exciting, discard it or speed it up. If there's ever a concern that something is too cheesy/poppy or too weird/noisy, eliminate that worry by leaning into it. If a song doesn't feel like it would be unbelievably fun to gig, it isn’t for this band.

Since then, they have sold out headlines in Dublin, independently toured the UK, and built a loyal following around a live show like bottled lightning and a string of singles and videos that have firmly established their own world of art-rock bravado. In this world, it makes perfect sense for an emerging act to declare themselves the greatest band on earth and to give their second music video a red carpet premiere at a local pub.

After a summer that saw Really Good Time take larger stages, supporting Franz Ferdinand at Collins Barracks and storming the Something Kind of Wonderful Tent at All Together, RGT released their debut EP ‘Escape From the Mountain of Spit’. The EP and lead single received high praise from Steve Lamacq, drawing favorable comparisons to early QOTSA and The Walkmen on his roundtable review. The release was supported by a run of showcase festivals in the UK at the start of October and a spate of Irish shows supporting The Scratch and The Murder Capital in November. Closing out a bumper year with debut performances at Other Voices in Dingle and a festive Dublin headline in December.

Really Good Time kicked the doors in on 2024, with their single ‘Retreat to the Cubicle’ and accompanying music video which garnered praise from Rolling Stone, CLASH, and DIYmag. The band followed up with 10 minute epic The Dread Sorceror Peterson, and performances across the UK including full houses at The Great Escape. Now signed to Mother Artists for live bookings, Really Good Time are looking forward to the release of new music in the second half of the year, with a long stint of live dates to boot, and world domination to follow.

Really Good Time are having one, and wish emphatically for you to join them.







“Really Good Time are intent on living up to their name… on a mission to live up to the bold claim [of being] “the greatest band on Earth”... Only time will tell if that’s the case, but from what we’ve heard so far – you wouldn’t necessarily bet against them.” - Rolling Stone

“Their unique sound is destined to fill out arenas” - The Sun

“Barnstorming surrealist indie rock” - CLASH

“Earworm guitar riffs injected with an irresistible sense of fun” - DIY

“The name feels like a challenge. But then so do the matching jumpsuits. If half of rock ‘n’ roll is confidence, Really Good Time have already made it “ - Ticketmaster DISCOVER

“QOTSAs ferociousness, Everything Everything’s arty histrionics and a bit of Sam Fender-ish songs for the open road” - Niall Doherty, The New Cue

“Really Good Time are probably the next big band to come out of Ireland. A pint or six of the black stuff on it…” - Music Republic Magazine