Seamus Fogarty

London-based Alt-folk alchemist Seamus Fogarty recently released his new album Ships (6th March) on Scottish label Lost Map Records, in partnership with Swedish label Sing A Song Fighter.Packed with poignant and funny slice-of-life vignettes touching on everything from Geoffrey Chaucer to DIY coffins, and existing in a wonderful new sonic realm where songs and stories coexist peacefully with fragmentary electronics, drones and field recordings, Ships is his most expansive and uplifting collection of music to date. Singles 'I Passed Your House', 'Fire' and 'Ships' picked up wide support across BBC 6Music, from the likes of Cillian Murphy ('one of my favourite artists around at the moment'), Lauren Laverne, Cerys Matthews, Craig Charles, Huw Stephens, New Music Fix Daily, Radcliffe and Maconie, and Riley & Coe, as well as support elsewhere from Uncut (8/10), Analogue Trash, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 3, BBC Scotland, BBC Ulster, BBC Wales, Radio X, RT Radio 1, RT 2FM and more... The first single I Passed Your House also spent multiple weeks on RT Radio 1s Recommends list.One of my favourite artists around at the moment!
Cillian MurphyAmazing musician!
Huw Stephens, BBC 6 MusicSeamus Fogarty, who I do think is fantastic!
Guy Garvey, BBC 6 MusicHis latest album is a gently inventive showcase of his plaintive songwriting, leavened with wry humour, propelled by peppy arpeggiated rhythms and finessed with canny production...
8/10 - UncutMagical journeys through fable and modern life & back again, often in the same song
The GuardianNestles beautifully at the point where the digital and analogue worlds collide
The SkinnyThe ghostly emotional wallop of the tunes will take your breath away
Irish TimesBy turns gritty and poetic a real original
The Observer