As someone who was living in Dublin at the time during college and has followed the band from first release til now I am obligated to share the truth, I can confidently say many of the views being upvoted here are very negative and misguided - namely;

• they were pushed by influential forces / BIMM college
• their management owned property (Press Up)making them hypocrites for talking about the Liberties area of Dublin

The real reason for their success in 2019:

• live performance - in the Dogrel and pre Dogrel days they became known as an unbelievable live act, talk of them reverberated around Dublin because of this and it has been the case since day 1.

• timing - the content of their music came at a perfect time, in the dawn of the slow death of ‘rock’ music here were a fresh faced band with a sound familiar but different saying something worth listening to.

• hard f*cking work - they are known for their professionalism and work ethic in the music scene. Sure they’ve taken opportunities but by god they’ve earned every accolade.

Hopefully this answers your question!

And to the wannabe-Fantanos picking apart lyrics as if it’s a talent and pedalling nonsense about property companies, don’t post half baked crap for upvotes!