IN ATHENS
In Athens hail from the rugged meeting point of Connemara, Galway, Ireland and the wild Atlantic. Their music is a powerful blend of fuzz-drenched post-gaze nostalgia and razor-sharp modern post-punk energy, creating an evocative soundscape that reflects the majestic beauty, raw power and shimmering tranquillity of their surroundings.
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In Athens deal in 90s alternative tones, with a bit of shoegaze sprinkle here and there but for them it's not about looking back. They are interested in contrast. Warmth and detachment. Collapse and control. They like when things sound familiar but feel slightly off, like you're hearing a dream from another room. ​​
The name In Athens references a place where art, philosophy, music, and storytelling became formalised - where culture became something shared.
As they say "but we’re far away from Athens, surrounded by sea, silence, and storm. That tension between imagined legacy and lived reality is part of our sound. It’s displacement - intentional, emotional, geographic. We’re shaped by where we live. The Atlantic isn’t just a backdrop, it’s a presence. It doesn’t ask for your attention, it demands it. There’s a kind of humbling chaos in that, and it finds its way into everything we do, one way or the other. You can’t live beside that kind of raw energy and come away clean. We wanted things to sound as elemental as possible where viscous shimmers, haunted echoing reverbs and thundering drums reflect the majesty of these surroundings."​