Broadcast on my rock show on the day of The Answer’s new album release, I spoke with Paul from the band about a selection of stand out tracks, the making of the album and also the vibrant Irish music scene in general. This is the spoken word version of the feature hour without the music, first broadcast on Meridian FM on 29 October 2016.

NEW HORIZONS 2026: THE WORLD CUP, CARD GAMES AND JOLLY JASPER: NEW ALBUM NEWS FROM VIOLET BLEND
Audio feature interview #1,712 in an ongoing series. Every year since 2015, I’ve run a ‘New Horizons’ series to allow us to check-in with rising bands and hear



