The Galway singer-songwriter is back with second album Come As You Are, on Faction Records in May.
Regan is currently on tour of Ireland this week, with gigs in Limerick, Wexford, Cork and Dublin before a wider European tour and CMAT supports into March.
‘Madonna’ was written in a stream of consciousness and focuses on violence often suffered by women, and trails the followup to 2020’s Hemet, which we were big fans of, premiering the album.
Come As You Are was recorded in Attica Studios in Donegal, with producer Tommy McLaughlin, with Regan’s stated goal of creating a richer, full live band sound, inspired by her love of Julia Jacklin, Caroline Rose, and Wilco.
Niamh chose her top 10 songs of 2023 with us.
‘I arrived in Donegal to meet Tommy for the first time with a bunch of demos, half-baked ideas and feeling not ready, it was scary. But I’m so glad that I did it that way. Trusted the process and came into the studio with the intention of capturing exactly where I was with it all and Tommy helped me build from there.’
Of the album’s themes, Niamh says:
“A lot of it is about being in your late twenties and kind of realising we’re all running out of time,” she ponders. “I’d have bouts of massive self-belief in the studio, and then in the next breath I would be like, ‘This is the worst piece of music I could have even imagined.’ It was a rollercoaster. But through that I found self-acceptance; this is where I’m at and making peace with that. That’s what the album essentially is, just making peace with where I’m at and being realistic with myself.”
Pre-order Niamh Regan’s album Come As You Are out May 2024 via Faction Records.
Niamh Regan Live Dates
SOLO DATES – IRELAND:
Feb 8th – Limerick
Feb 9th – Wicklow
Feb 10th – Ballydehob, Co Cork **SOLD OUT
Feb 11th – Kinsale, Co Cork **SOLD OUT
Mar 2nd – Dublin **SOLD OUT
SPAIN
Feb 16th Jazz Cava, Vic (SP)
Feb 17th El Club, La Selva del Camp
Feb 18th Centro Cívico Delicias, Zaragoza (SP)
Feb 19th Teatre del Raval, Castellón (SP)
SWITZERLAND
March 15th Brienz **SOLD OUT
March 16th Brienz **SOLD OUT
March 19th Cafe Marta
European Dates with CMAT
March 5th – Vienna, Austria
March 27th – Munich, Germany
March 28th – Zurich, Switzerland
UK DOUBLE HEADLINE TOUR – APRIL 2024 – with CHRISTOF VAN DER VEN
April 2nd – Hug & Pint, Glasgow
April 3rd – Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh
April 4th – Cardigan Arms, Leeds
April 5th – The Engine Room, North Shields
April 7th – The Folklore Rooms, Brighton
April 8th – Servant Jazz Quarters, London
April 9th – Gulliver’s, Manchester
