On this week’s round up of the best new music we present for your consideration an eclectic array of albums with debuts collections from Willzee and Mob Wife and the return of Roisin O with ‘Courageous’ her first solo album in a decade. There’s also debut EPs from electro outfit Vale and Northern Ireland’s Paper Tigers.
Ailbhe Reddy returns with the gorgeous new single Inhaling, Sorcha Richardson shares an unexpected cover of the Johnny Nash classic I Can See Clearly Now The Rain is Gone. Even more unexpected is the return of Sample Answer with Fools Creation his first release since 2019. Recognise star Flynn returns with radio-ready, pop banger Elephant.
Maria Kelly continues to share reworkings of tracks from her ‘Sum of the In-Between’ album this time enlisting Ciaran Lavery to duet on a stripped back version of Martha. Gavin James gets his ballad on with The Sweetest Part. Up-and-comer Sammy Copley impresses with the lo-fi sadness of To The Bone.
2022 Plec Picks artist Monjola, proves why his is one of the most hotly tipped hip hop acts in the country with Extrovert. Elsewhere in Irish hip hop Waterford’s Alex Gough returns with Dumb!. In rock, Columbia Mills continue to highlight social injustice on their latest single Addiction. which sees them meld elements of Whipping Boy and The Cure together.
All this, plus tracks from Kyoto Love Hotel, Lydia Ford, John Winters, First Class and Coach, Five Grand stereo, Wallis Bird, Varley, J Smith, Sive, The Whileaways, Daire Heffernan, Host, Ria Rua, Ejeca, Dave Nulty and more besides.
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