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Kneecap review – rap trio remain unbowed by terror charge

After one of their number was charged with allegedly supporting a terrorist group this week, the Northern Irish band’s activism – and ketamine references – are still loud and proud

The Northern Irish punk-rap trio last month faced outrage after a Coachella set in which they condemned Israeli “genocide” in Gaza and projected slogans on stage including “Fuck Israel. Following English Teacher’s vexed, yearning indie and CMAT’s personality-plus, punky take on country and western, Kneecap emerge in front of a collage of recent TV coverage. The trio started out eight years ago as Goldie Lookin Chain-style comedy rappers performatively lauding Irish republicanism and their own dissolute lifestyles – a style still evident in numbers such as Fenian Cunts and the Garda-baiting Your Sniffer Dogs Are Shite.

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