Antony Szmierek – announces headline show at The Grand Social, Dublin

For Antony Szmierek, sincerity is everything. “I’m not being ironic, using a persona or  wearing a mask, my music is just me expressing myself honestly,” he says. “There’s nowt to hide behind. It’s sincerity on overdrive – a space where people can connect with each other.” 

The past few years have been a wild ride for the Manchester-based poet, writer and producer.  Cutting his teeth on the Manchester spoken word scene and gaining notoriety for his  seamless flow skewering everything from the hardships of contemporary British life to  finding the unexpected beauty in the everyday, it was the 2023 release of his single “The  Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Fallacy” that kicked off his meteoric ascent. Set against the  backdrop of a pounding kick drum and club-ready synths, Szmierek lets loose a stream of  consciousness that lays out his vision of musical vulnerability and communal escapism,  saying on the track: “Everything’s ironic now, post-post-punk. Take me away.”

The earworming record soon found its way onto the BBC 6 Music airwaves and led Szmierek  to be named an Artist of the Year 2023 by the station. There followed appearances on  Later… with Jools Holland, a BBC Radio 1 Maida Vale session, multiple triumphant  Glastonbury sets and a flurry of comparisons: to the pavement prose of The Streets, the  poetry of John Cooper Clarke if he found himself at the Haçienda, or like Jarvis Cocker for  the UK Garage generation. Yet, with the release of his 2023 indie-influenced EP Poems To  Dance To and now his banger-filled, dancefloor-focused debut album, Service Station at  the End of the Universe, Szmierek cements his sound as one that is distinctly his own. 

Antony Szmierek announces headline show at The Grand Social, Dublin

Friday, 4th April 2025

Tickets €17.00 plus booking fee, on sale Friday 11th October at 10amfrom singularartists.ie