Биография

Straif are a new alternative rock band based in Cork. Straif formed in December 2019 and have been dedicated to writing beautiful energetic original songs. Finally, after a patient wait, the time has finally come to enable them to share their music. The band have a quite impressive experience background. Between them they have played a mammoth amount of gigs both national and international, and have featured on many albums and recordings. Ross Daly was the lead singer of That Falling Feeling where he met Nono Presta. With his previous band Cyclefly, Nono had great success touring throughout Europe and America with bands such as Tool, Bush, Live and Linkin Park. Lawrence Sweeney, former bassist with The Sons of Steve McQueen was invited to audition. Lawrence, a very symphonic bassist, brought a new layer of refrain for Ross to play with. Peter Byrne took on the role as the drummer bringing a sophisticated, very well considered and powerful sound to the band. After years of extensive touring with Marc O’Reilly, Peter settled back into college to earn his Masters in Music in 2022. He has performed at big name festivals like Electric Picnic, The Great Escape and Eurosonic. Last, but not least, is an up and coming musician, Angelo Presta who sits behind the keys. Angelo, an accomplished musician, has worked effortlessly with the amazing Cork producer Christian Montagne on the mixing and production of Straif’s new debut album.