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atest press release from Mute The TV, issued on Friday, September 26th 2025…

The latest single from Greystones band Mute The TV is a jangly, hook laden, don’t bore us get to the chorus, straight up pop song, but sprinkled with fuzz!

And if Takeaway And Telly is an uplifting, upbeat tune, it has a darker undercurrent of feeling alone and yearning for company. Lyrically it addresses feeling isolated and depressed, something brothers Elliot and Dylan have both had their personal battles with.

Earlier in the year the band released two singles, DNA and Depression Session. Music blog We All Want Someone To Shout For described DNA as ‘a chugging bit of anthemic garage rock with a blitzing punk spirit’, while online music magazine Where The Music Meets said of Depression Session, ‘​​It’s equal parts reflection and revelation, tucked inside some of the most approachable alt-rock Ireland’s cooked up lately’.

Concreting its popularity, Depression Session was added to Spotify’s editorial Hot New Bands and Fresh Finds UK & IE playlists, and was used in an episode of UK TV show Made In Chelsea. Both songs received national radio play and garnered support from the Irish rock bible, Hot Press magazine.

Mute The TV consists of brothers Elliot and Dylan Crampton, Oscar Hackett and David Heffernan. They are an independent band who record, produce and mix their music in their home studio, which may give the brothers plenty of time to procrastinate and argue, but by keeping their costs low, it allows the band to release music on a much more regular basis.

The band most recently headlined a raucous night in The Harbour Bar in Bray to a full house for a night of headbanging, singing and questionable dancing. Their next gig is in Whelan’s, Dublin, where they will be opening for their friend D. Cullen on September 27th.

Elliot and Dylan both have their own solo careers and between them have received national radio play on RTE 2FM, Today FM, RTE One and have supported acts such as Aslan, Cathy Davey and Hazel O’Connor. The brothers have also made appearances on the RTE Late Late Show. Elliot most recently fulfilled his childhood dream of playing Dublin’s Olympia Theatre where he played the drums for his friend who was opening for The Stunning. Oscar hosts a monthly pop-punk/emo night in Dublin in The Workmans Cellar.

You can grab Takeaway And Telly here, and find out more about Mute The TV on Instagram here, Facebook here, Spotify here, Soundcloud here and Bandcamp here, plus through our archives here.