Nialler9's New Irish Music: Loah, Maria Kelly, Rejjie Snow and more

SONGS OF THE WEEK
Loah - This Heart

“Art soul” is how Sallay Matu Garnett has pitched her music and

This Heart

is the most perfect encapsulation of her sound - jazz, a verse in a West African language ( a nod to her Sierra Leonean roots), soulful notes runs and a command of vocal expression that is a gift of the heart. Loah’s EP is out on June 16th.

Maria Kelly - Torn Into Two

Taken from the singer-songwriter’s new EP

The Things I Should

written about situations “where a lack of honest expression at the outset had created a much bigger problem in the long run,”

Torn Into Two

finds a sound balance between spindly and delicate.

Rejjie Snow - Purple Tuesday

The Dublin rapper’s only has one of his best American peers Joey Bada$$ on this new track from

The Moon & You

mixtape along with singer Jesse Boykins III on the hook. The 13-track release is a taster for the debut album proper to come,

Dear Annie

later this year.

Brian Deady - Get On My Knees

A tribute to Muhammad Ali from the Cork singer-songwriter, this new song brandishes a bluesy gospel swagger perfect for entering the ring, or going down to the fridge for a snack, either is applicable.

ALBUM OF THE WEEK
Come On Live Long - In The Still

Arriving four years after their debut, Come On Live Long’s

In The Still

reaffirms the talent of a band who deserver more public awareness. The album, recorded mostly, while the band were living apart is a cohesive whole. When they came together, so did the album. So there’s trip-hop indie (‘For The Birds’), heart-beat atmospherics (‘In The Still’), a glacial trip (‘Peak), minimal folk (‘My Love Leaves’) and Radiohead-esque guitar work (‘Slipstream’). In The Still is sonics for the soul. To quote the band themselves on ‘For The Birds’, “stay together, fall apart, move as one?” They chose the latter.

NEW ARTIST OF THE WEEK
Kilnamana

In the non-linear era of music discovery, artists can come from anywhere without you noticing. In physical place terms, Kilnamana come from the place they take their band name from, a town near Tallaght. Now Berlin-based, the duo, whose first names are Enda and Miguel, released a debut album with little fanfare or build-up. Start with the falsetto vocals, flute loops, handclaps and synth-pop tones of

Adios Amigo

first.

REMIX OF THE WEEK
Le Boom - What We Do (Mix And Fairbanks remix)

Clocking in at 8 seconds short of 10 minutes, Kildare duo Mix & Fairbanks’ rework of upcoming electro-pop duo Le Boom’s debut single luxuriates in the same dance floor sensibility as the producers who made extended pop versions for the club in the eighties.