Singer/songwriter expands her sound with new single

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It is close to two years since Galway-based singer/songwriter Bríd Kenny released her debut mini-EP, Doorway. Its three tracks offered a moody and melancholy introduction to her brand of Celtic folk – prose-y and poetic in its story and, instrumentally, stripped back and full of space.

Her latest project, though following those core principles, is slightly darker and, in her own words, more experimental. The Nenagh native’s new single, I Don’t Think, arrives on January 28.

The development in sound is partially indebted to the collaborators that have entered Bríd’s life since Doorway. Tadhg Kelly, drummer in the band she is currently writing with, aids her with production on I Don’t Think and, while the track remains a largely solo effort, the influence of Ella Partington, Donnchadh O’Dwyer and Kevin Maurice Handler in the burgeoning group is felt in the song’s fullness. The vocals – as Gaeilge and full of beautiful harmonies – are inventive and authentic.

“I recorded it in the summer, and I’ve been working on it with Tadhg. He mixed it for me and brought it to life in the last month or two,” says Bríd.

“I have a couple of songs that I’ve been working on and this is the only one that’s fully finished at the moment. It’s a little bit more experimental [than the EP] with the mixing. It’s kind of dark.

“I didn’t know exactly what I wanted to say but I knew I was feeling very intense, strong emotions and I was finding it hard to express it with words. Through Irish is a good way because the meaning is a bit hidden, and the lyrics don’t have a ton of depth to them but I feel like the melody is very emotional.”

For more, read this week’s Connacht Tribune.

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