Martina and the Moons

Martina and the Moons is an all-female four-piece band based in Dublin. Recently signed to Rubarb Music (Ruadhri Cushnan, Camden Studios), they have supported the UK band Porridge Radio in Whelans Mainroom, as well as Thumper’ in a sold-out Workmans Mainroom. In addition, they played Mainstage at Whelan’s Ones to Watch in January, and they have been named by Hotpress Magazine as one of the Hot For ’25 acts.

The band consists of Martina Moon (vocals, songwriting), Sarah Morgan (guitar), Ruby Levins (bass), and Zahira Ellis (drums). Their sophomore single, ‘Omnibus boners’, has amassed over 9,000 streams on Spotify, and is a sarcastic dig at misogynists in the Dublin music scene. Martina’s sardonic delivery is backed up by bass and drums that seem to be on the verge of dragging behind, and by penetrating, overdriven guitars.

Their influences vary from the singer songwriters of the 60s and 70s such as Paul Simon or Carole King, to the BritPop and rock bands of the 90s, such as Elastica, Catatonia, Radiohead or Blur. With lyrics about alienation and yearning for connection, they have been described by Strephen Byrne (Golden Plec) as ‘the latest example of Irish ladies delivering the goods’.