The Guzzlers story all started on board a ferry, where brothers Cian and Tom O’Dowd were employed playing Irish songs to entertain the customers. One particularly drunken trip which led to having too many pints resulted in the brothers getting fired and thus inspired their debut single “20 Pints To Cherbourg”.
In the summer of 2025 the brothers packed up and left their home of Limerick for Liverpool, armed with their guitars and banjo and a raft of original songs. Busking outside notable Irish bars in the city led to invitations to perform inside, word got around and soon The Guzzlers were gracing stages of the key music venues in town; The Jacaranda, The Cavern Club and notably The Philharmonic. Reputation grew and the band found themselves with a residency at Anfield, invited to play for the arriving fans at every Liverpool FC home game.
In November 2025 the band entered the studio with producer Jon Withnall, known for his work with the likes of Coldplay, Rihanna and Echo and the Bunnymen to record their debut album ‘Drinking The Dream’ which is set for release on Fri 6th Nov.
2026 so far has seen the duo supporting ‘The Highstool Prophets’ at the 02 Academy Liverpool, ispini na heireann at the 100 Club London and releasing their first 3 singles. The brothers are now aiming for world domination with a guitar in hand and a pint in the other.
‘Killarney follows the story of an American who falls in love with a girl in America who’s from Killarney in Ireland and when she moves back home he pursues his mission to search for her in every Irish town until he finds her. It’s based in a time with no mobile phones or internet so to find someone you thought was the one you really had to take a risk and search hard which makes for a quite romantic song. Killarney is also one of Ireland’s most beautiful spots so it deserves a song in itself.’
Live Dates
4th Dec – Glasgow Barrowland – (with Highstool Prophets)
11th Dec – Liverpool O2 Academy – (with Highstool Prophets)
12th Dec – London Shepherds Bush Empire – (with Highstool Prophets)
13th Dec – Manchester O2 Ritz – (with Highstool Prophets
27th Jan – Glasgow O2 Academy – (with Sharon Shannon Big Band)
28th Jan – London Shepherds Bush Empire – (with Sharon Shannon Big Band)
29th Jan – Manchester O2 Ritz – (with Sharon Shannon Big Band)
Cover Art – credit – Nollaig Brennan