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Luan Parle – Change Your Mind

Don’t you love it when a plan comes together?

Last month, Kilkenny-based singer/songwriter Luan Parle (top) came up with a novel way to promote the latest single from her album Never Say Goodbye.

Luan says:

“Plans to shoot a ‘regular’ music video for Change Your Mind were halted due to the onset of Covid 19. With a single release date looming, I had the thought of asking all of you to get involved and submit a video of you rocking out to the song from wherever you’re in isolation.

The results are sweet, heartwarming and funny. From 8 month old Penny to 106 year old Nancy, from New York and New Jersey to Wicklow and London…!!!

Thank you, thank you, thank you all so much for all your fabulous, fun & creative videos. I cannot tell you how much joy it brought me putting it all together. Guaranteed to brighten up anyone’s day. Enjoy.”

Nick says: It’s going viral.

Luan Parle

Previously: Parle Moi

The City Remains – The City Remains

Any Red House Painters fans in the house?

Then the new project by Liam Kirkpatrick and Paul McAllister should resonate with you.

Formerly of Kildare band Scale The Heights, the duo released their eponymous debut album last month on the new Project 2 label.

Songwriter Kirkpatrick conjures melody and melancholy beautifully, and the London-set video captures the mood.

Nick says: Here comes a City.

The City Remains

Malojian – The Singularity

Is this the first great song about the way we live now, post-Coronavirus?

Belfast troubadour Stevie Scullion (above) aka Malojian wrote this on his piano last month and then sent it to his friend Jason Lytle of Grandaddy, who added atmospherics and produced it.

The result is an elegant, mournful but ultimately optimistic hymn to the resilience of the human spirit.

The song is available on bandcamp.

Nick says: Lockdown blues.

Malojian



Laura Elizabeth Hughes – For You (Home)

A song from under the floorboards.

Dublin singer/songwriter Laura Elizabeth Hughes (top left)) empathetically deals with how depression and anxiety can emerge during the cabin fever of lockdown.

All proceeds go to the mental health charity Pieta House.

The emotionally powerful video is directed by Peadar Gill and stars dancer Taylor Graham (top right) alongside Laura.

Nick says: Home is where the art is.

Laura Elizabeth Hughes

Arrivalists – Hearts Off The Latch

The collaboration will continue until morale improves.

Known and loved for his work with Ten Speed Racer and The Hedge Schools, Pat Barrett has a new musical project up and running.

His first song as Arrivalists, which he has made available at bandcamp, was inspired by a picture (above) sent to him by professional photographer Ruth Medjber, who challenged him to rustle up a complementary tune on the spot.

The result is a deeply sensitive and introspective acoustic ballad that has echoes of The Blue Nile.

A much needed port in this storm.

Nick says: Thanks Pat.

Arrivalists

Úna Keane – Piano Squared

In a quiet mood?

Dublin musician Úna Keane (top) played an unforgettable gig in the Pepper Canister Church, Dublin 2 earlier this month.

Now she has uploaded one of those live hypnotic piano pieces onto her YouTube channel with an accompanying video (above) featuring archive footage of kids playing in Victorian England in 1901.

Mesmerising.

Her most recent album is In The Deep.

Nick says: Ivory power.

Úna Keane

Kieran Ring – Satellites

Gasping for some uptempo beats to dance away the boredom?

Let Kieran Ring (top) be your guide.

The former lead singer of Cork-based band Neon Atlas returns with a banging single from his forthcoming solo EP.

Jota Gambuzino directs the trippy promo.

Kieran says:

“Satellites is about not being able to sleep, thinking about the future whilst watching a clear night sky , being inspired by it but also wishing you could disappear into it escaping the feeling that you don’t quite fit in.”

Nick says: Shooting star.

Kieran Ring


Jape – Harrington Street

Feels like teen spirit.

Richie Egan aka Jape takes us back to the Dublin of his childhood on this highly evocative new single from his ambitious Sentinel album.

Director Jamie Delaney talks us through the song’s unforgettable video.

“The moment I heard Harrington Street, I saw an image of bittersweet teenage love. The uplifting melancholy of the lyrics and the ethereal tones instantly brought me to the back alleys of youth.

“Where giddy anticipation, nervous insecurity and the paranoid self-consciousness all mixed. I wanted the story to revolve around these seminal but yet universal moments. The moments we all remember from that awkward teenage love.”

Nick says: Teenage dreams so hard to beat.

Jape