‘If It Wasn’t True’ from 19 year-old “musician, comedian, singer, rapper, twerker, chef, writer, filmmaker, tumblr, skinny fat ass” Shamir is one of my favourite songs of the year so far, a DFA disco style number.
News came this week that Shamir’s debut EP is coming on June 11th. It’s called Northtown and will be released on Godmode on vinyl, digital and cassette. New track ‘I Know It’s A Good Thing’ is taken from that EP and takes a different tack, a piano-soul shaker with Shamir’s falsetto running things.
Shamir – ‘I Know It’s A Good Thing’
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.
