This week’s round up of the best new Irish music finds CMAT collaborating heavily with UK indie Blossoms on their new album ‘Gary’ writing, producing, and singing – I guess that’s the kind of colonisation we can all get behind.
Susan O’Neill delivers her sumptuous new folk album ‘Now In A Minute’ while Bedrooms announce themselves to the indie world with their debut album ‘Perfectly Still’ – one for fans of pre-fame Snow Patrol – while one of Northern Ireland’s best kept secrets David C. Clements delivers his fine second album ‘The Garden’.
Also delivering their debut long player is alt-pop protagonist Fee Gray who doesn’t hold back with the provocatively titled ‘Favourite Fucking Pill’ while experimental artist k3Lu delivers his second album Vol.II ‘Cortis’ and those dastardly didgeridoo revivalists Hermitage Green return with their third album ‘Connection’.
Our coverstar Annie-Dog continues their impressive debut year releasing music with latest glitchy pop banger ‘Have I Been Living?’ while up-and-comer Emma Noodles delivers her best song to date ‘Space Cowboy’. PostLast, meanwhile, preview their forthcoming debut EP which lands next month with the nostalgic ‘Mizen’.
It’s great to have veteran Irish outfit Sack back with their excellent new single ‘Do You Need Love?’ ahead of the release of their comeback album next month. Fellow veteran Christy Moore returns with a cover of ‘Black & Amber’ by A Lazarus Soul, while new folk favourite Junior Brother previews his next chapter with ‘Take Guilt’
Levi Evans showcases his lighter side and guitar skills on ‘The Way I Should (When You Were Mine)’ and JC Stewart dips his toe into folk on his collaborative version of ‘BT45’ with Beoga. Other collaborations of note this week include Qbanaa and DeCarteret’s connect ‘trustfcked’ and SOAK and Or:La’s ‘Milky Way Of Glitter’ and ‘Feels Like’, Limerick producer Tamara Hall’s connect with Proper Micro NV.
All this plus new tracks from Maverick Sabre, Eiza Murphy, F3mii, Eve Belle, Darren Kiely, XOLU, 7eddy, BK Pepper, Poser and much more besides.
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