Gurriers Share "Nothing Happens Twice," Second Album Due September 25
Dublin band Gurriers have released a new single, "Nothing Happens Twice," the third preview track from their second album Nobody's Coming To Save You, due September 25 via Play It Again Sam. The song draws on Samuel Beckett's 1950s play Waiting For Godot, described by the band as an "absurdist take" on the current state of the world. Singer Dan Hoff repeats the line "nothing happens twice" through the chorus, aimed at the stagnation he feels in modern life.
The single and video
"Nothing Happens Twice" sets existentialist lyrics against the "dead internet" theory — the idea that the web is increasingly populated by bots rather than people — while also touching on political unease, digital alienation and dark humor.
The video was directed by Thomas James, who has previously worked with Kneecap, Bring Me The Horizon and Young Fathers. It was shot in the hometown of drummer Pierce O'Callaghan and guitarist Mark MacCormack. James said the team worked closely with the band to shape the footage into a changeling's journey through grief and ritual.
Album rollout so far
Gurriers released the title track "Nobody's Coming To Save You" in May, followed by "Party Lines" last month. "Erasure," put out last autumn, was the band's first new material since their 2024 debut album Come And See.
The band played "Nothing Happens Twice" live at The Great Escape 2026 before it was released. NME named that set one of the festival's top ten performances, calling the dance-punk track one where the crowd was already shouting the chorus back before it had even come out.
Live dates
- Festival dates this month across the UK and Europe, including Boomtown, Leeds Festival and Electric Picnic
- A UK/Europe headline tour this autumn
- A UK and Ireland record-store outstore tour next month, including Dublin, Edinburgh, Dundee, Liverpool, Nottingham, Cardiff and Oxford
The 2024 SXSW boycott, revisited
Gurriers have told NME their debut album was a "statement of intent," touching on issues including the rise of the far right in Ireland. Discussing the 2024 collective boycott of SXSW by Irish artists, Hoff said the movement needed bigger-name bands like The Black Keys to pull out publicly, but in the end it was Irish and smaller bands who carried the weight of the gesture.
O'Callaghan added that it mattered for Irish bands to act together, while stressing that what the band did could not be compared to what Palestinians are facing — "at least we know we did the right thing."