Susan O’Neill has released her new single “Drive”, marking her first new music since her Now You See It EP which won the Best Original Folk Song award for its namesake track at the RTE 1 Folk awards in 2023.
“Drive” is a breezy indie-folk earworm, a poetic flow of lyrically rich contradictions, with Susan’s soulful husky vocals bringing you on a journey of the highs and lows of the human condition.
The single was engineered and produced by Christian Best in Cork, written with fellow bandmate brothers Cillian and Lorcan Byrne, and mixed by Grammy award-winning engineer Cian Riordan (St. Vincent, Lana Del Rey, Sleater Skinny).
“Drive” also comes complete with a self-directed music video that Susan teamed up with longtime collaborator Christopher Luke to shoot.
Of the song, Susan said: “It fell out of my mouth and onto the page in one brief sitting. I’m trying to be more honest with myself. If I can know my own chaos, chill with it, wear it like a parade of paradoxes this would be me trying that on.”
Susan O’Neill: In The Game and Beyond
In 2021, Susan O’Neill and Mick Flannery released their critically acclaimed collaboration album In The Game. Since then, Susan has toured extensively across Europe and North America, performing both with Mick and solo on headline tours, festival stages, and as an invited guest to an array of artists including Phoebe Bridgers, Valerie June, and The Teskey Brothers.
Susan O’Neill Tour and More
Susan O’Neill’s concerts this spring and summer include performances at the Haldern Pop Festival in Germany (playing the main stage alongside the Stargaze Orchestra), the Zermatt Unplugged festival in Switzerland, and Live at The Marquee in Cork. More dates will be announced very soon, too.
To find out more about one of Ireland’s most cherished artists, visit Susan’s website and Instagram.
G.M
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