Singer/songwriter carves clear style with her musical Pastiche

Groove Tube with Cian O’Connell

Inspired by some of the most eminent women popstars of the mid-to-late-2000s, Dublin singer/songwriter Pastiche has quickly carved an imposing and vibrant catalogue of ballads since she began releasing music little over fifteen months ago.  The twenty-three-year-old’s stage school background and experience in music college have certainly aided her rise, but so too has the identity and authenticity of her act.

Her five singles to date are packed with lyrical texture and personality but they are also unashamedly danceable and brimming with gratifying hooks and melodies.

This week marks a landmark for an artist who, like many over Covid, has largely flourished online. Pastiche is set to support Swords’ Aimée on three legs of her national tour, taking her to Dublin’s Academy Green Room, Limerick’s Dolan’s and, on February 9, Galway’s Róisín Dubh.

These performances follow Pastiche’s debut headliner in Whelan’s this past November, and they represent tangible progress and a chance to play for a host of new faces.

“To other people, it may have seemed like I was up to a lot, but a lot of it was just staying at home,” she says of her success over lockdown.

“I couldn’t play gigs or do launch-gigs. I couldn’t go out and support people and meet people. It felt very Hannah Montana-esque. I’m a songwriter – I write all of my music myself and every word you hear is me.

“But I was also raised a performer. I’m that girl that was in stage school since age four so not being able to be onstage, especially launching as an artist, was kind of weird. You feel almost like more of a social media commodity than an artist. You’re building yourself up on platforms, but no one has seen you flourish live yet.

“To be able to get back onstage and play my music has been incredible. I had my first headline show in Whelan’s in November. I was so in awe because it marked a year since [my first single] Chasing Down the Fame came out and I just thought, if myself a year ago could see me now, they wouldn’t believe it.”

For more, read this week’s Connacht Tribune.

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