EPK – Dirty Shirt – FOMO (single) (2025)
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For fans of Dubioza Kolektiv, Skindred, Bloodywood, Alestorm, The Hu
“FOMO is the first single from Dirty Shirt’s upcoming album. Musically, it is a journey through different moments and places, blending various genres: from 80s disco to Balkan music, all built on a metal foundation. It’s a catchy song, with a chorus that sticks in your mind, radiating big positive energy. Lyrically, the song addresses one of the issues of modern society—the fear of missing out (FOMO). This phenomenon has become widespread with the rise of social media, where people constantly compare themselves to others and feel pressured to be part of every trend or experience.” – Mihai Tivadar – Dirty Shirt
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“Long time readers will know by now that I am partial to the weirder side of heavy music. Dirty Shirt certainly has my attention this week. They’re like a mix of 6:33, Russkaja, and Turisas. This is bombastic, fun metal with Romanian folk mixed in. ” – Metal Injection
“This album is buoyant, blistering and bolshy; you certainly want to get your dose now!” 8/10 – Powerplay Magazine
“”Whoa! ‘Get Your Dose Now!’ is definitely not your average metal album. It’s simply something that you won’t hear anywhere else. Dirty Shirt is the real deal with extraordinarily talented musicians and a uniqueness that sets them apart from the crowd. If you’re in the market for some new music, this band offers something for everyone, from hardcore metal and thrash to tribal and traditional. It’s like your grandmother’s goulash recipe, a little of this and a little of that, with the end result being magical and inimitable.” – Uber Rock
“Are you bored with your current playlist? Perhaps you are looking for something a bit different than the bands you typically listen to? Then look no further my music-loving friends. Let me introduce you to the Transylvanian folkcore of Dirty Shirt. What started out as a wedding band has morphed into a magical, musical amalgam that blends modern hardcore and nu-metal with traditional acoustic instruments and Eastern European musical influences giving us an entirely new breed of metal with known as Romanian crossover folkcore metal. ” – Uber Rock
“Dirty Shirt did a good job again and ‘Get Your Dose Now!’ is a very nice album to listen to and it deserves a listen.” – Folk-Metal.nl
“with DIRTY SHIRT you have joy in life and fun in music. They ignite a light in the currently dark world. A good mood is guaranteed. So get your dose today, now, get vaccinated against sadness and depression. before it’s too late. – Saitenkult
“This album can be discovered as you listen. It is rich, destabilizing at times, but always fair and imbued with sensitivity. With Get Your Dose , the DIRTY SHIRT surely give us their best album, and it was not easy given the quality of the previous one. No need to write sandwiches about it, you just have to let yourself be seduced. Cheer.” – Among The Living
“Dirty Shirt, Your New Favorite Transylvanian Folk-Core Band ” – Metal Sucks
“DIRTY SHIRT only sound like DIRTY SHIRT.” – Metal Temple
“Is it catchy? Yes. Is it fun? Yes. Is it utterly mental? Yes. Highly recommended” – Metal Observer
“Dirty Shirt are probably one fantastic live band with an immense energy” – Rock Freaks
” “…you’ve never heard anything quite like this before”” – Sonic Abuse
“It’s one of those rare albums where it keeps you glued to your seat just waiting to see what pops up next.” – Heavy Metal Time Machine
“As Monty Python would say, ‘And now for something completely different.’ ” – Music Underground
“this is a band like no other in the music scene now in days in the underground, indie or mainstream scene.” – Vents Magazine
Top L-R: Cristi (guitar), Mihai (keyboards), Vlad (drums), Dan (guitar), Pali (bass)
Bottom L-4: Cosmin (violin), Rini (vocal), Robi (vocal)
Band: Dirty Shirt
Single Title: FOMO (Fear of Missing Out)
Length: 2:46
Release Date: February 23, 2025
Label: Transylvanian Metal Production
Single Credits:
Song performed by Dirty Shirt
Song written by Mihai Tivadar & Mathieu di Pilla
Produced by Mihai Tivadar
Mixed & Mastered by Adrian Uritescu
Artwork by Vlad Bornuz
Members of UCMR (Romanian equivalent, that collects our rights abroad, including USA & Canada)
Single Line Up: Dan “Rini” Craciun (vocal), Robert Rusz (Vocal), Mihai Tivadar (keyboards, guitar), Dan Petean (guitar), Cristian Balanean (guitar), Pal Novelli (bass), Sergio Ponti / Vlad Toca (drums), Cosmin Nechita (violins), Miruna Puiu (backing vocals), Alexandra Joicaliuc (backing vocals), Tea Visan (backing vocals), Andrei Oltean (flutes), Mihai Muntean (cimbalom), Darius Bosca (clarinet)
Live Line Up: the same + Razvan Nechita (violin)
Discography:
Get Your Dose Now! (2022)
Letchology (2019)
Dirtylicious (2015)
Freak Show (2013)
Same Shirt Different Day (2010)
Very Dirty (2000)
Tours and Festivals:
– Dirty Shirt – 30 Anniversary Tour (2025 – on going, more than 25 shows already announced, in Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Germany and France)
– Motocultor Across Europe Tour (2024): 16 shows in Germany, Netherland, UK, France, Switzerland, Spain and Portugal
– More than 60 shows last year: Motocultor + Romania, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland
– Some major festivals last years: Electric Castle 2023 (Ro), Hellfest Open Air 2022 (Fr), Pol’And’Rock 2022 & 2021 (Pl), Reload Festival 2022 (D), Dong Open Air 2022 (D), Wacken Open Air 2019 & 2014 (D), HRH Metal Fest 2019 (UK), Rock Heart 2019 (Cz), Rockstadt Extreme Fest 2018 & 2015 (Ro)
– Drumeo / Pianote / Guitareo / Singeo
– Two Notes Audio Engineering
– Solar Guitars
– Murat Dyril Cymbals
– Promark Drumsticks
– Evans Drumheads
– Puresound Snare Wires
– Sihi Cymbals
– Meze Audio
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