Halves has played Oxegen 2008 and Electric Picnic 2008 as well as '' Hard Working Class Heroes '' , IMRO Showcase Tour and the '' London Calling '' showcase in London , England . In 2009 Halves made their debut TV performance , topping the viewers choice poll on RTÉ 's ' Other Voices ' series . They have supported '' British Sea Power '' , '' 65daysofstatic '' , '' Low '' , '' Amiina '' , '' This Will Destroy You '' , '' The Middle East '' & '' Mercury Rev '' . Their 2008 appearance at '' Eurosonic Festival '' in Holland was their first outside Ireland and they have since travelled twice to Toronto to play at Canadian Music Week and Texas for SXSW . Other festival outings include '' Kilkenny Arts Festival '' Kilkenny in 2010 and '' The Great Escape '' Brighton , England in 2011 The band is known for switching between a wide range of instruments while performing - including Electric Guitars , dulcimer , Drum Kit , Piano , vocoder , Synth , laptop , Accordion , Clarinet , Flugelhorn , Trombone and various effects . Stunning pre-programmed and live visuals can be seen at their live shows performed by the group Slipdraft , whose members are Sam Boles , Daniel Staines and Cormac Murray . The band 's live sound engineer is Ciaran Mangan who also recorded their live album
Electric Picnic 2008
Electric Picnic 2008
Halves (band)