• Watch: Video Blue – Magpies at Dawn

    We’re big fans of Video Blue here at The Thin Air. The London-based, Dundalk native’s brand of DIY indie-pop has rarely been far from our respective speakers since the release of his debut album Love Scenes in March of this year. Now the solo-crooner – real name Jim O’Donoghue Martin – returns with yet another single to be lifted from the album, and with some charming visuals to boot. Following the snappy minimalism of  ‘Hold Muzik’ and the scratchy insecurity of ‘Dust Moves’, ‘Magpies at Dawn’ is the LP’s slow-burning closer, all woozy guitars, layered vocals and subtle, glittery synths. We’ve said it before…

  • Watch: Video Blue – Dusk Moves

    Taken from his Love Scenes album, Dundalk native, London based musician Jim O’Donoghue Martin AKA Video Blue has released a video for ‘Dusk Moves’. A snappy slice of indie-guitar pop and post-punk electronics, Video Blue has developed a sound that is infectious and effortlessly charming since his debut in 2015. With all the endearing qualities of bedroom pop, Love Scenes boasts a particular polish to lure us in like magpies to something shiny. ‘Dusk Moves’ sits somewhere in the camp between Radiohead’s poppier moments and Future Islands. The video, directed by Dara Carrol, is a fitting companion: a solitary dance in a pub, an insular trip in insecurity…