The Ocelots are twin brothers Ashley & Brandon Watson from Wexford, Ireland. Formerly a school band, The Ocelots learned their craft by playing blues standards and indie-rock songs during lunchtime. They finished school and began backpacking and street-performing around Europe. After releasing their first EP ‘Till We Get There’, which hit more than 1.7 million streams, they spent the following years backpacking which became extensive touring, playing shows and festivals around Europe and Australia.
Their debut album ‘Started to Wonder’ was released In March 2020, an audible Introduction to their coming-of-age from touring delirium and over-exposure to paperback fiction. In July 2023, The Ocelots released an EP ‘Addlepated’, leaning into their more whimsical, dream-like influences like Midlake or Sufjan Stevens. During this time, they also supported artists such as Jack Johnson, Glen Hansard and Ocie Elliott, amongst many others.
For their third single, the brothers present a definitive glimpse of their indie-rock influence, as ‘Australia’ brings the sonic shapes of The Shins and early Kings of Leon into centre focus, while framing the picture with a more personal theme of Irish migration.
We tried to capture that feeling of leaving and dealing with the self-adjustment involved. A certain apathy you grow to those you love around you when you know all you want to do is move. In our pursuit of writing something honest and cathartic, we created something many people can relate to.
The Ocelots
Event: Saturday 8 March, 7.30pm
Bar Opens: 6.30pm
Tickets: £12.50 Advance, £15 On The Door
