The Riptide Movement
The Riptide Movement return with their powerful new single “When The Sun Comes Up”
Gold-certified, Choice Music Prize-nominated rock band The Riptide Movement return with their powerful new single “When The Sun Comes Up”, released on May 23rd. The track marks the band’s first new music of 2025 and offers an electrifying preview of their highly anticipated sixth studio album, set for release later this year.
Recorded at Orphan Recording Studios in Curracloe, Co. Wexford and co-produced by acclaimed Irish producer Gavin Glass, “When The Sun Comes Up” captures the band’s signature indie-rock energy—moody, anthemic, and emotionally resonant. Built on brooding guitar lines, a hypnotic bass groove, and surging drums, the track evolves into a euphoric crescendo that mirrors the lyrical exploration of time, memory, and change.
“We’re really excited to release our new song,” says the band. “It’s a song we’re all incredibly proud of, it has so much energy in it. We gradually increased the tempo throughout the track to build this ‘runaway train’ type feeling to mirror that sense of time slipping away. Lyrically, it’s quite nostalgic—there’s a bittersweet monologue-like quality to it that intensifies as the song unfolds.”
The single features poignant lyrics that reflect on impermanence and the fragility of human connection:
“We’ll dance the dance of the living dead, yeah the years are short but like I just said, there’s no pretending, the truth’s intense… when the drugs wear off will it still make sense when the sun comes up.”
The Riptide Movement, who burst onto the Irish music scene in 2006, are known for their genre-blending sound spanning indie, folk, blues, and classic rock. With five critically acclaimed albums—including the chart-topping Getting Through—and hits like “All Works Out,” “Elephant in the Room,” and “Changeling,” the band has built a loyal following through their authenticity, energy, and unforgettable live performances.
In support of the new release, the band will embark on a summer tour that includes headline slots at Forest Fest, Kaleidoscope, and Doolin Arts Festival, as well as a highly anticipated performance at Glastonbury and a special show at The Docklands in Limerick alongside The Waterboys. UK fans can catch them live at West Hampstead Arts Club in London.
With past performances alongside legends such as The Rolling Stones, Van Morrison, and Neil Young, and collaborations with both the BBC Orchestra and RTÉ Concert Orchestra, The Riptide Movement continue to prove themselves as one of Ireland’s most enduring and exciting rock acts.
"When The Sun Comes Up" will be available on all major streaming platforms from May 23rd.
TOUR DATES - Tickets available at https://riptidemovement.com/gigs/
June 26 – West Hampstead Arts Club, London, UK
June 29 – Glastonbury Festival 2025, Pilton, UK
Jul 4–6 – Kaleidoscope 2025, Blessington, Co. Wicklow
Jul 25–27 – Forest Festival 2025, Killimy, Co. Laois
August 17 – The Docklands (w/ The Waterboys), Limerick
Rory Gallagher - Out of my mind
We’re all big fans of Gallagher in the band and he has so many great songs but this one is my personal favourite, I love his guitar picking style, Rory’s vocals and the simplicity of the lyrics, it’s a great song. We have a great connection with Rory too. A great friend of ours Tony Colton produced Rory’s first two albums with his band “Taste”. Tony went on to produce our debut album “What About The Tip Jars?” many years later.
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
I love this band, it’s hard to pick a favourite song of their’s but I think ‘Bad moon rising’ is a great introduction to the band for anyone who has not listened to them before. Their songs are gold, great riffs, great vocals and they all have a great groove to them. This song was in the original ‘An American Werewolf in London’ which is a great film too.
Bob Dylan – Buckets of rain
It’s really hard to pick just one of Dylan’s songs as he has so many iconic songs and he’s just an incredible songwriter, ‘Blood on the tracks’ is probably my favourite Dylan album and ‘Buckets of rain’ is probably my favourite song from that album. I love the drop tuning on the guitar and his fingerpicking style. For me Dylan is the best songwriter of all time.
Oasis - Whatever
It’s a really big song for me and the strings are gorgeous in it, it’s the song that first introduced me to Oasis. Oasis were a really influential band for me, I remember queuing up all night outside HMV on Grafton St for a ticket for their 1997 Point Depot gig, the gig was epic, so much so that the very next day me and my friends set up our first band, we called it ‘the Relic’.
The Red House Painters – Have you forgotten
I love this song, it’s just one of the most beautiful songs ever written, it always makes me feel nostalgic every time I hear it. There’s two versions of it but this one is my favourite.
The Faces – Ooh La La
I think this is my favourite song of all time, if I could only choose one song I think it would be this one, there’s something special in it that really resonates with me, it’s the perfect song it has everything, its upbeat, it’s raw, it has a great sentiment, it’s nostalgic and it’s groovy as hell, I absolutely love it!!!
The Doors – L.A. Woman
This band had a massive influence on our band, our first album ‘What About The Tip Jars?’ was massively influenced by them. It’s really hard to pick just one song from them but ‘LA Woman’ is a good one to start with, it’s got that great mix of blues and psychedelia and the band’s signature loose, improvisational style. It’s also got tons of space and like a lot of their songs they leave space for Morrison’s raw, roaming vocals and lyrics.
Tom Rosenthal – Run for the hills
The first time I heard this song it literally stopped me in my tracks, it actually moved me to tears, I can’t explain why, some songs just have that magic, it’s just an absolutely beautiful song.
LCD Sound-system - All My Friends
This song is incredible, I love how it builds on just two chords for the whole song and even though the song is over seven minutes long, I never lose interest, it’s addictive, I can’t get enough of it. It’s one of those songs that instantly transports me to another place, the lyrics are doused in nostalgia and the monologue delivery is epic, it keeps building throughout the song and ends in an unhinged crescendo, it’s such a clever song.
Neil Young - Hey Hey, My My
We’re all big fans of Neil Young, he’s a great songwriter and I love this song, we do our own version of it too. We were lucky enough to support Neil Young in Cork a few years back, that was a major highlight for our band and to be on the stage for “Rocking in a free world” was a memory that will always live with me.