Andrew Combs isn’t one to rest on his laurels the Dallas songsmith is set to release his latest album ‘Ideal Man’ in September. ‘Ideal Man’ finds Combs working with producer/engineer Sam Cohen (Kevin Morby, Benjamin Booker) and co writing with the likes of Joe Henry,Dylan LeBlanc, Jeff Trott, and Kenny Childers.

Fatherhood is one of the driving forces behind Combs hot streak in the studio. Combs started painting when his wife was pregnant. (They welcomed a daughter in 2017.) “It really changed the way that I write songs,” he reflects. “When I paint, I might start with a very abstract idea or maybe even just a feeling, but from there I’ll paint and scrape and paint and erase and keep on painting until something starts to take shape. I just let nature play out.”

“I’ve never felt so visually stimulated as I am right now, and this has been a really unique way for me to make sense of the record as a whole, to find some sort of common thread between the music and my life.”

Stars of Longing is the first fruits of the ‘Ideal Man’ sessions in Sam Cohen’s Jupiter Recordings in Brooklyn.

Andrew Combs live at Lost Lane, Dublin on 8 December 2019.

Tickets priced €15 go on sale this Monday 24th June at 9am through www.ticketmaster.ie & usual outlets nationwide.