EP51 - Understand by Brian

Brian is Ken Sweeney and Understand was his debut mini-album released on Setanta records in 1992. Ken chats about Dublin music in the 70s and 80s, the early 90s indie scene in London, the full history of Brian, Setanta Records, being Irish in London in the 90s, Bring Trouble (the second Brian album from 1999), Ken’s 25+ years working as an entertainment journalist and his great music documentaries. We also talk at length about Needle Mythology’s reissue which they’ve titled Understood, it complies Understand, the Planes EP and more. Episode notes:

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EP51 - Understand by Brian is an episode from To Here Knows When - Great Irish Albums Revisited by Paul McDermott.

This episode is 01:26:00 long.

This episode was published on Jun 12, 2025.

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