Aaron Smyth aka A Smyth released his second album Hello Goliath via Lover Records on June 13. He joins to talk about previous band Vann Music and feeling "blacklisted" in the music industry. From there, we talk about A Smyth's journey, with a deep focus on songwriting and simply just trying to get better at it. Working with producer Darragh Nolan was key and he also became a dad - how did that affect him personally and musically; he also explains how his son should have a co-writing credit on the opening track on Hello Goliath. We discuss releasing debut album Last Animals in 2021 and talk through some of the deep tracks on Hello Goliath.
Buy A Smyth - Hello Goliath: https://asmyth.bandcamp.com/album/hello-goliath
A Smyth album release party at Annesley House, August 23: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/a-smyth-hello-goliath-album-launch-the-annesley-house-tickets-1429020261069
Vann Music - Electro Shock Dreams: https://soundcloud.com/vannmusic/sets/electro-shock-dreams
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TPOE 356: Favourite Albums of 2025 so far (with Ciara Byrne)
Cíara Byrne joins to talk about Glastonbury 2025, in particular CMAT, Bob Vylan and Kneecap, favourite albums of the year (so far), album news, new track recommendations, gig news and more.
Preorder For Those I Love - Carving the Stone: https://forthoseilove.terrible.group/
Pot-Pot - Warsaw 480km - https://potpot.bandcamp.com/album/warsaw-480km
Throwing Shapes - Throwing Shapes - https://garethquinnredmond.bandcamp.com/album/throwing-shapes
Jameson x Mo Chara tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/jameson-connects-presents-sean-mckenna-dug-asha-ari-tickets-1441559426049
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TPOE 355: Kean Kavanagh
Texas-born, Laois-raised, London-based artist Kean Kavanagh returns to talk about his debut album The County Star. An introspective work, it finds him examining all those sides of his being: USA, Ireland, and London as he adopts the dual persona of a cowboy county star/GAA county star. Kean, who many will know as a close collaborator of Kojaque (they co-founded Soft Boy Records) released his debut project Dog Person in 2020. He suffered a vocal injury on tour with Kojaque in 2022 and had to undergo vocal therapy and relearning how to sing. It's something he examined on the 2023 EP Wrestling Music. It is also inherent on this album.
We talk about all this and more in a 40-minute chat. We talk about community, traditional music and GAA, making videos with Kojaque starring comedian Peter McGann, collaborating with Karma Kid and Baz Kaye in making the record, and why he's not counting Dog Person as his debut release.
Buy The County Star: https://heaven-sent.ochre.store/
Kean on TPOE 192: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6DaEf882Y1VjoWBQVeuTOP?si=ecbf6ddd8c2046bb
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TPOE 354: Beyond the Pale review (with Ciara Byrne)
Eoghan and Cíara chat about their weekend at Beyond the Pale and the difficulties the music festival faced in the week preceding it. There's also music news, review of Kean Kavanagh's debut album The County Star, and new track recommendations.
0:00 Intro and Beyond the Pale review
18:51 Music News
21:00 TPOE Album Club: Kean Kavanagh - The County Star
27:48 New track recommendations
Links for music discussed
Kean Kavanagh - The County Star: https://heaven-sent.ochre.store/
Kez - In The Arms https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/kez11/in-the-arms-2
Laurie Shaw - Please Can You Cut That Out (And Stick It In My Almanac) https://laurieshawofficial.bandcamp.com/album/magnetosphere
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TPOE 353: Junk Drawer
Eoghan is joined by Stevie and Jake Lennox of Belfast’s Junk Drawer, who released their second album Days of Heaven on June 6 via Pizza Pizza Records. Formed in 2015 alongside Brian Coney and Rory Dee, Junk Drawer blend Weezer-esque riffs, shoegaze and indie rock.
Fresh off an eight-date tour of Ireland with Cola and M(h)aol, the brothers reflect on the DIY logistics of putting it all together, the origins of the band and the evolution of their sound, working with producer Chris Ryan, what it means to make "weird, cosmic Ulster music", playing SXSW, the Belfast music scene and lots more.
Buy Days of Heaven: junkdrawerbelfast.bandcamp.com.
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