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- Record Label: New Friends Music Ltd.
- Release Date: Oct 4, 2024
- Summary: The second full-length solo release from London-based Irish pop singer-songwriter Orla Gartland features a guest appearance by Declan McKenna.
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- Record Label: New Friends Music Ltd.
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Nov 7, 2024‘Everybody Needs A Hero ’continues Gartland’s signature storytelling style but pushes her artistry in new intriguing directions, one that is sure to leave fans satisfied.
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Nov 7, 2024From where we’re standing, it doesn’t sound like Gartland needs to change a thing.
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Nov 7, 2024Effortlessly jumping between belted choruses and wistful pauses for vulnerability, she orients herself around the conflicting forces of uncertainty and longing.
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Nov 7, 2024It improves on its predecessor, is chock full of quotable lyrics (“I’m three words away from absolutely fucking ruining your life”), and even where it stumbles, it still manages to pick up the pace soon after. Perhaps best of all is all the ups and downs Gartland captures.
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Nov 7, 2024Gartland’s songwriting remains occasionally obscure but is sweetened by the record’s focused storytelling.