Last year, in April, ‘Goji Berry Sunset’, a song from a seven-track EP called Capricorn, from Armagh singer-songwriter Naomi Hamilton aka Jealous Of The Birds turned heads.
Less than a year later, Hamilton’s lo-fi acoustic whistling Moldy Peaches-style tune has been given a polish for her debut album Parma Violets in April, the only track from the EP to graduate to it.
It’s expected that Parma Violets will go beyond this hushed folk sound with more instrumentation and style but for now, this version of the song will do just fine.
She plays the Output conference in Belfast on Feb 18th.
Jealous of the Birds – Parma Violets tracklist
Side 1
Goji Berry Sunset
Parma Violets
Russian Doll
Miss Misanthrope
Trouble in Bohemia
Tonight I Feel Like Kafka
Side 2
Dandelion
The Zodiac Bar
Powder Junkie
Marcus
Purple Octopus
Mountain Lullaby
Hornet’s Nest
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.
