It touches on the reasons one may have to leave their loved ones behind in search of a new life, while also discussing the guilt, confusion, and waves of regret that come with that decision. He’s recently moved to London and states in the press release: “‘Life In 3/4 Time’ is about moving out of the town where you were born, and feeling offbeat in the pace of a new, unfamiliar city. There is an absurd sentimentality that the all-star cast of The Big Children capture on ‘Sucker for Love’ and faithfully elevate Sherlock’s alternative country pop sensibilities.”Ī band who can do nothing apart from 10/10 pop bangers, Graham Cooney aka Yenkee channels influences Prince, John Martyn and ABBA on this slick, celebratory tune. Leah Hearne provides delightful vocals, with Paul Leonard (Paddy Dennehy, Eve Clague) on drums, Ruairi Dale (Elaine Malone, Laurie Shaw) on bass and Rory McCarthy (Brian Deady, Marc O’Reilly) playing keyboards and organ. Over a playful indie-pop melody, he sets the scene for us: “I told you to move over on the couch, I asked you not to kiss me on the mouth.” And then a chorus I can’t wait to sing back with a crowd: “I’m a sucker for love, I’m a waste of your time, I’m a pain in the hole, I’m a thorn in your side.” From the press release: “On ‘Sucker for Love’, and on his forthcoming EP, he is backed with a guitar, a joyous approach to writing music and an overly sentimental view of almost everything – as well as by his band The Big Children, an all-star collection of Cork’s finest musicians. I’ve loved Caoilian Sherlock‘s two solo singles to date, ‘Shades of You’ (one of my favourite tunes of 2019) and ‘Don’t Let me Forget about Her’ – and so of course I was going to get weak at the knees when listening to ‘Sucker For Love’. All are vastly different and gearing up to release albums too so there’s plenty more to come. What a nice surprise this week as three great Cork acts released new tunes. Just another one in a long line of humans talking about some sh*t that happened. Regardless of whoever likes it or doesn’t it’s 100% my experience and there’s not much else to it. There’s nothing honourable or romantic about being in a bad place so I’m just glad that this album is finished. I wouldn’t say I’m proud of it, I’d say I’m proud despite it. Eventually though, through me being at mental rock bottom, the album revealed itself and the entire thing was writing within a month or two. It was also the worst possible time for me to write an album as there was a lot of suffering going on within my family. Strange Boy says of the album: “When I was working on this album and when Enda was brewing up the beats for me, I got a sort of anxious feeling like I wasn’t going to be able to do the concept we had justice.
‘Blood’ initially sounds like it’s more sedate than the tracks around it on the record, but then Strange Boy starts spitting: “Lest I become happy gotta sabotage things for myself.” His delivery is sensational, leaving the listener hanging on every word.
The album was composed and produced by Enda Gallery (they share a label – Welcome to the New World) in Kilfenora, Co Clare, during lockdown. He’s been revealing tracks from it in various places over the past week or so and that continues with the premiere of ‘Blood’ here today. Limerick rapper Strange Boy releases his debut album Holy/Unholy on June 25.