Hare Squead: Minor Gangsters Tour 2020 – Live @ The Workman's Club, with special guests Cal x Pepper x Smilez.

Hare Squead are quickly making a name for themselves. Hip-Hop and Ireland may seem like two points on opposite ends of the spectrum but the now-band of two, comprised of Tony Konstone and Lilo Blues, are imprinted within both worlds and look at themselves as more than just an anomaly. “We make music and it's just good music, we just happen to be from Ireland and happen to be Black,” Blues says. “I don't want that to be the narrative.” Konstone, Blues and former third member, Jessy Rose, have been making music together since 2013, developing their electric chemistry and fluidity in a sound that combines multiple genres of music. The name Hare Squead is a flip of the words square head. Konstone, Blues and Rose chose the name of the group in tribute to the fact they all had high-top fades when they first met.

In 2016, the group found success outside of their local scene with Long Way to Go, and took advantage by dropping their Supernormal EP. The standout single off the EP, Herside Story, quickly became a favourite, which led to Goldlink including a remix of the group's song on his At What Cost album in 2017. Combined, Herside Story has amassed over 40 million streams on Spotify to-date. Also in 2017, the group released two acclaimed singles Flowers, and Pure, which earned more than 5 million combined streams on Spotify alone. After an 18-month absence from the spotlight, in February 2019, Hare Squead made their return with 100 Miles, a bubbly, guitar-driven single that was inspired by the emotional vulnerability of Aretha Franklin's, I Say a Little Prayer. The group plan to re-introduce themselves to the world as a formidable talent.