On this week’s round-up of the best new Irish music Hozier delivers his finest album to date ‘Unreal Unearth’, the age of Jackie Dandelion continues with Kojaque’s brilliant ‘Cabra Drive’ and Ash revisit their melodic laden early days with the nostalgic ‘Usual Places’.
Glen Hansard previews his forthcoming album ‘All That Was East Is West of Me Now’ with the Tom Waits-tinged new single ‘Sure As The Rain’ while the second chapter of Soda Blonde unfurls with the low-key funk swirl of ‘Midnight Show’.
The heavens descend as Naked Lungs deliver their deliciously dark post-punk debut ‘Doomscroll’, TV People return with their first new music of 2023 ‘Die Down’ and we are introduced to the quirky world of Matthew Ryan Thomas with the nostalgic ‘Song Of The Summer’, while Poser continues to mark himself out as one of the most exciting new acts in Ireland with ‘I Choose You’
The queen of vibes Aby Coulibally returns with an abundance of vibes on ‘DYWS?’ – album ASAP please, Aby. Amerik and Sasha Samara connect on ‘The Real Thing’ while Lucy Gaffney delivers another alt-rock lament in the form of ‘Make Me Smile’. Laura Aiden gets super sad on piano ballad ‘Pieces’ while everybody’s favourite mischievous physician, Blood Donor is ‘Thru With’ your bullshit.
All this, plus new music from the likes of JyellowL, Havvk, Brad Heidi, Reuben Hester, Foy Vance, Meljoann, boyfrens, Foreign Mornings, Ten Hail Marys, Sweltr, Susi Pagel, Wendy Godfrey, Lowkick, George Houston and Blánid while Autre Monde go ‘Strictly Come Dancing’.
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