The best new tracks in Irish music highlighted, and a playlist update.
Featuring Soda Blonde, Ispíní na hÉireann, Maria Somerville, Officer John, The Guilteens, Gilbert and Best New Irish music playlist updates.
The best emerging tracks we’ve selected from artists from the island of Ireland this week, with more playlist additions below the main list.
For more extensive Irish and new music coverage, follow our Spotify playlist or hit up the Irish section for individual track features.
Soda Blonde
The Queen Of Mercy
Following from recent tracks ‘People Pleaser’, ‘Bully’, ‘The Saddest Thing’, the Dublin band Soda Blonde had released another Fleetwood Mac-esque alternative pop banger, along with a great video by the band’s own Adam O’Regan.
“I’m what you’d call one of the worst wives ever,” is a great line in another great song from the Soda Blonders.
UK & European Tour Dates
- April 30 – The Cluny 2, Newcastle
- May 1 – The Deaf Institute, Manchester
- May 3 – The Louisiana, Bristol
- May 4 – Bodega, Nottingham
- May 5 – The Hope & Ruin, Brighton
- May 6 – The Joiners, Southampton
- May 7 – The Garage, London
- May 9 – La Boule Noire, Paris
- May 10 – Doornroosje, Nijmegen
- May 11 – Jaki, Cologne
- May 12 – Lark, Berlin
- May 14 – Paradiso, Amsterdam
- May 17 – Heliogabal, Barcelona
- May 18 – Siroco, Madrid
- May 19 – Musicbox, Lisbon
Tickets sodablonde.com.
Maria Somerville
Stonefly
The Galway singer-songwriter and morning NTS Radio host Maria Somerville is set to release a second album entitled Luster, on 4AD on April 25th.
We’ve heard ‘Projections’ and ‘Garden’ and this week ‘Stonefly’ continues the shoegaze haze dreampop vibe.
The album features contributions from J. Colleran, Brendan Jenkinson , Diego Herrera (aka Suzanne Kraft), Lankum’s Ian Lynch, Margie Jean Lewis, Henry Earnest and Finn Carraher McDonald (aka Nashpaints) Roisin Berkley and Olan Monk.
Irish gigs:
15 April – Coughlans, Cork
16 April – Dolans, Limerick
17 April – Black Box, Belfast
18 April – Button Factory, Dublin
Officer John
Stay
Speaking of shoegaze, there’s definitely some of that guitar vibe from that realm from the new release coming on Wah Wah Wino. ‘Stay’ also has a baggy ’90s thing going on.
Officer John is the project of Amsterdam-based Niall Rogers, and there’s a 12″ coming later in the year with a Morgan Buckley remix. Live band shows are planned.
The Guilteens
Further Down The Channel
The Guilteens are a new psych rock band from Cork on their second single, the spindly rock’n’roll ooze of ‘Further Down The Channel’ is a winner.
The single was recorded with Christian Best (Mick Flannery, Susan O’ Neill), mixed by John Spud Murphy (Lankum, ROIS) and mastered by Jamie Hyland (Mhaol, Gilla Band)
Gilbert
Equilibrium
The Dublin ambient and contemporary piano composer John Carew sent over his new album Sown, and I was particularly taken by this kaleidoscopic bubbly instrumental.
The album is on streaming in full.
Ispíní na hÉireann
Mo Shéamuisin
The Sausages Of Ireland are gearing up to release a new album called Poxtail Soup and to play their biggest Dublin show yet.
Their version of traditional song ‘An Bhfaca Tú Mo Shéamuisin’ is an expansive take from the band with Doireann Ní Ghlacáin joining the band on vocals and fiddle for a mystic Celtic stomp.
For more extensive Irish and new music coverage, check into the Irish section for individual track features…
For this and more Irish songs, follow the Nialler9 New Irish Spotify playlist.
Otheer Playlist additions this week:
- Adebisi Shank – Start A Band
- CMAT – Running/Planning
- Maria Somerville – Stonefly
- I Dreamed I Dream – Fags
- Red Stamp; Aoife Nessa Frances; Núria Graham – Dancing With My Baby
- RVE – certain
- Niomí – Morning Sun
- YARD – Trevor
- Finnbarr – pangea
- JyellowL – If You Like It
- TCXL – Take It Back! – Remastered
- Becky McNeice; Jonny was Here. – Home
- rex mundi – far away
- Blimp – When You Cut Me Off
- Pearse McGloughlin – The Falls
- SNAFU – Cauterise
- lullahush – Maddy na Farraige
- Emma Noodles – Forever
