Who: Irish trio the Script traces its roots to the late ’90s, when then late-teenagers Danny O’Donoghue (keys and vocals) and Mark Sheehan (guitar) made a pilgrimage to America to work as session musicians and studio hands. They returned to their native Dublin and hooked up with drummer Glen Power in 2005. Their circuitous route to budding rock stardom will culminate with two huge gigs in July: opening for Paul McCartney at New York’s Citi Field and for U2 at Dublin’s Croke Park.
Sounds Like: A pristine pop-rock act with a decided modern R&B streak, the Script call to mind a more wistful Maroon 5 or a funkier Coldplay. While their eponymous 2008 debut album is full of sunny, addictive melodies, it also has a palpable air of melancholy. Recorded during a tumultuous time in the bandmembers’ family lives (O’Donoghue lost his father and Sheehan his mother during the making of [...]
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