Irish singer/songwriter Paddy Casey began busking on the streets of Dublin when he was 12. One of his street performances was heard by producer Muff Winwood, who signed him to S2 Records in the UK. His debut album Amen (So Be It) was recorded in just eight days and earned critical and chart success, including a Best Album award from the Irish World Awards and Most Promising Act and Best Debut Album awards from Hot Press' year-end readers' poll, and reached the Top 20 of the Irish charts. Amen (So Be It) arrived in the US in mid-2000 on Columbia.
Irish troubadour, rover and singer-songwriter Paddy Casey conjures the Emerald Isle in name and in song, but if you're expecting that his music provides the soundtrack for a night of Irish car-bombs at your local pub, well, you'd be wrong.
On the release of his latest album, Addicted to Company, we caught up with Paddy to talk brass tacks: who are the artists who influenced him to write the music he does? There's a few nods to his countrymen, but Paddy also finds the luck—and soul—of the Irish in some unexpected voices.
Paddy Casey is an Irish singer-songwriter with a buzzy vibrato. On Addicted To Company (Part One), Casey asserts himself through his distinct-as-a-strand-of-DNA vocal style. On past efforts, Casey was more of a straightforward, folk-leaning singer songwriter. Here, he's gotten more complex with his style, filling out his songs with more textures, more instrumentation, and more stylistic shifts. Ultimately, Addicted To Company (Part One) is a record with plenty of layers to sift through, making it best listened to on a pair of high def headphones.
On "Sound Barrier," Casey makes a sharp turn to the left, thanks to the slight effects on his voice and an unexpected, disco style riff that ends the song. "Addicted To Company" is also shrouded in an upbeat vibe and has accompanying, female backup vocals. "Fear," which appeared on Casey's 1999 effort Amen (So Be It), is some of his edgiest fare, and the song's arrangement has been updated and thickened with what sounds like more strings and hungrier beats on this version, while "Become Apart" starts out as a croony tune before morphing into a lush, anthemic song. All in all, Casey shines a blinding spotlight on his ability to write anything but standard songs on Addicted To Company (Part One).
Official site:http://www.paddycasey.com
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