Ro Yourell has shared video for his latest single ‘Mary’ which is taken from the Delorentos guitarist’s debut solo album ‘Commencer’, which was released earlier this year May.

“When I was writing ‘Mary’,” Ro says, “I was thinking about religion and how in the case of Irish Catholicism, people were conditioned to accept poverty and injustice, in the belief that they would be rewarded in another life. You could argue that celebrity has superseded religion. We worship movie stars, singers, athletes, products even. People doing things well provide so much joy and inspiration – just look at the Olympics – but sometimes we can get so wrapped up in our crushes that we lose sight of ourselves.”

The video for Mary sees Yourell acknowledging that he is starting from the bottom again as a solo artist with a self-deprecating nod to the reality of ‘beginning again’ as a solo musician after years of being part of an internationally successful band,

“With Delorentos I’ve played to crowds big and small, but starting again solo with Commencer there is the very real possibility of performing to one man and his dog, so I think Shane was secretly steeling me for this. Not that I’d mind, but there’s quite a bit of falsetto on the record that dogs may find triggering.”

Ro Yourell and band play a headline show at Whelan’s (Up), Dublin on Saturday, 24th August. Tickets are €22 + booking fee on sale now from singularartists.ie.