Belfast-based singer-songwriter Joshua Burnside will followup last year’s Nialler9-recommended album Teeth of Time with a new LP to be released March 20th on Nettwerk.
The album was born in the wake of the death of Burnside’s close friend Dean Jendoubi, informed by “loss and the fragile act of continuing” and is his most stripped-back work in his career.
“I wrote and recorded this album after the death of my best friend Dean Jendoubi. He was an incredible person, and I miss him every day. He drifted unawares into the deepest sleep and died of a drug overdose on August 17th last year.
Grief has always been a big part of my music; it’s the reason I started writing songs when I was 13. And so, as I did all those years ago, I reach for the guitar, try a few chords and sing a few words and for a brief moment I feel like it’s going to be okay.”
– Joshua Burnside
‘Something Else’ is the third single from It’s Not Going to be Okay, after recent singles ‘Moon High’ and ‘Nicer Part Of Town’, and is about that grief through the lens of binging The X-Files TV show and wanting to believe in something more fantastical as an escape.
“Last year, I started drinking heavily and binge watching The X-files. There is something so comforting about Mulder and Scully’s relationship. When faced with the cold truth of life and death, it makes you want to believe in something else. That’s kind of what the X-files is really about isn’t it?”
Joshua Burnside – It’s Not Going to be Okay
Tracklist:
- You and Me
- With You
- Good Times
- It’s Not Going to be Okay
- Nicer Part of Town
- Moon High
- The Last Armchair
- Something Else
- Nighttime Person
- Remake
It’s Not Going to be Okay Tour Dates:
Feb 7 – Letterkenny – Lasta Festival
Mar 21 – Manchester – Hallé St Peter’s
May 1 – Cork – Cyprus Avenue
May 2 – Dublin – Button Factory
May – Glasgow – Oran Mor
May 7 – Leeds – Brudenell Social Club
May 9 – Stroud – Prince Albert (2 shows 14:00 & 21:00)
May 10 – London – EartH Theatre
May 11 – Bristol – Beacon
June 17 – Falmouth – Cornish Bank
June 18 – Totnes – Barrel House
June 19 – Frome – The Tree House
June 20 – Milton Keynes – Craufurd Arms
June 21 – Beverley – Beverley Folk Festival
August 15 – Belfast – Custom House Square (Foy Vance show)
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
