Sinead Obrien A Thing Called Joy 10" Vinyl Single Red New 2019

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Irish poet and performer Sinead O’Brien releases her new single A Thing You Call Joy on Chess Club Records. Originally from Limerick, O’Brien’s work captures the everyday and the inbetween in a way that transcends any genre label. Writing from her own observations, O’Brien’s influences can be found in the realism of Mark E. Smith of The Fall and the works of literary icons such Frank O’Hara, W.B. Yeats, Joan Didion, Albert Camus. “I am inspired by an honest face on the train, a rhythm, a melody, a feeling, or it can hit me as nothing at all - a vacuum, limbo! Every detail matters,” she explains.

A Thing You Call Joy follows O’Brien’s first music of 2019 Taking On Time - the landmark 30th single release on Dan Carey's Speedy Wunderground label. A mesmerising call-to-arms, Taking On Time is equal parts Mark E and Patti Smith - set against a taut, frenetic bed recalling post-punk underdogs Life Without Buildings and The Slits but with the classic krautrock groove typical of Carey’s production.