Last month, Naoise Roo unveiled an expanded version of her sublime 2015 debut album Lilith. Featuring five bonus tracks remixed by John Agnello and Jerome Froese, it brought into sharp focus the Dublin artist’s enduring singular talents as a vocalist and songwriter. Having just been announced to play this year’s Latitude Festival, all while making her mark Stateside, Naoise looks set for a seismic few months. Ahead of that, we’re pleased to present a first look at a new live video of inward-peering Lilith highlight ‘Almost Perfect’. One part of a longer live video due for release later in the year, the performance…
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Naoise Roo is set for a special, one-off performance next month. Currently based in Belfast, the Dublin artist will perform her acclaimed debut album, Lilith – hands down one of our favourite Irish albums of 2015 no less – at the recently-launched Workman’s Cellar in Dublin on Thursday, 10th March. As well as performing the album in its entirety, accompanied by a full band for the first time since the album’s original tour, she will be supported by fellow Belfast-based songwriters Aoife Wolf and Clara Tracey on the night. Ahead of what’s expected to be a seismic year of new music and…
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Alternative singer-songwriter Naoise Roo unveiled yesterday – International Women’s Day – ‘For You’, the darkly atmospheric new single to be taken from her upcoming debut album, Lilith. Having debuted only last summer with powerful alt. rock free-download single, ‘Oh Son‘, Roo’s fire has lit up the local scene impressively quickly, with Lilith set for release on April 27 through Irish alternative & experimental label Little L Records. With only the layered-yet-stripped sound of ‘For You’ to go by, the album’s genre-spanning promises of ambient electronica, indie rock and burlesque could well show Lilith to be one of the great Irish breakthrough albums of 2015. Certainly this early on, her output is…