Dublin-based solo artist Walshy announces self-titled sophomore album with radiant single “worth it,” offering up an atmospheric dream-pop-meets-indie-folk sensibility that captures both gratitude and vulnerability.
Led by an emotional and intimate vibe, the track layers gentle guitars, soothing strings and floating synths with confessional, tender vocal lines to create a soaring, shoegaze-tinged sonic experience that feels intricate and expansive all at once.
Slow, warm and nostalgic, the track juxtoposes sonic freshness with a cathartic undertone. Speaking of the single, he says, “I wrote ‘worth it’ after a breakup, just feeling grateful for the friends and family I had around me. It’s about that weird contradiction, how we can be hardest on the people who love us most because they’re the ones we feel safest to be vulnerable with.”
Channeling peace and perspective on the new track, amid a blend of soulful jazz, boom-bap hip-hop, and dreamy indie, Walshy intriguing artistry built on luscious productions, engaging lyricism and vibrant persona has has established him as a genre-bending talent on the cusp of bigger, brighter things.
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