Though distinctly Irish in his storytelling and sense of melody, lullahush’s music is unlike anything coming out of Ireland’s thriving music scene at the moment. With songwriting influences as diverse as Leonard Cohen, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Colleen, Mica Levi and Floating Points, he synthesises the harsh machine sounds of electronic instruments with an earnest sensibility that humanises the glitches. His upcoming album A City Made of Water and Small Love, like many other Irish works of art before it, is partly an homage to Dublin, its geographies and everyday idiosyncrasies. Full of elegy and nostalgia for moments barely just passed, every beat of the kick drum is just as intentionally placed as a breath or lyric.

lullahush grew up in Ireland playing in bands from the age of 13. He progressed to doing production for other people, at which point he had his ears opened to electronic music. After college, he hid out at his family home in the countryside, focusing o... ...Read more