Bobinov

Release date: Jul 22, 2026

Genre: Alt / Indie Rock

Label: FAMM

Irish group Bricknasty released their new single Bobinov on Friday July 24 under independent label FAMM, co-founded by Jorja Smith and Zubin Thakkar.

The group is made up of 5 members, main vocalist and guitar Fatboy, producer Cillian McCauley, bass guitarist Dara Abdurahman, drummer Korey Thomas, and saxophonist Louis Younge, although Dara and Louis departed the group in the summer of 2025. The group found its start in Ballymun before shifting to Dublin, and is known for their prodigious live performances, and many clips of their live improvisation end up in their albums.

Bricknasty has true expertise in crafting headbanging songs, and Bobinov is definitely another signature Bricknasty headbanger, but it also lies at the crossroads of a new sound for them. Many of the groups’ songs are marked by a deep depression or deep loss, and this song is no exception, but it leans much more into funk and groove.

Typically rough, messy and full of sharp edges, Bobinov stands out alongside their discography with its far cleaner and radio-playable mix and production, but compared side-by-side with most other funk tracks, it’s still a real hybrid. Fatboy’s twisted and tortured vocals pierce through the track, atop a sidechained but detuned synth and some skippy percussion. It really brought me back to the days of indie pop songs (indie referring to the sound, not the industry term), with Foster the People, Justice or MGMT’s synth-infused and riff-packed high tempo tracks. A nice touch I noticed was the four-count beat repetition before some choruses and on return to the verse, similar to Pharrell’s infamous count-ins or the intro of Gnarls Barkley’s Crazy.

The lyrics contrast heavily with the instrumentation, discussing loss of a loved one or friend to addiction. The members has previously talked and wrote about losing friends from drug use, so this song definitely reaches back to personal trauma for the group.

Why would you end the hurt? It’s just another bad day
Why would you want what isn’t us? it’s just another bad day. I want you, living