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dustedmagazine · 3 months

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Conchúr White — Swirling Violets (Bella Union)

Conchúr White sings with a breathless, tremulous urgency. His voice flutters somewhere between a falsetto and a whisper but there is nothing delicate about it. It vibrates with barely containable feeling, straining at the curves of his sweet folky melodies. He is screaming, but very quietly, so that you can barely hear it.

White is from Northern Ireland, quite young still but a veteran of the folk-rock-y Silences, which made two well-received EPs in the 2010s and then called it quits. If you’re familiar with Silences, you’ll find much that’s familiar here—that unusual voice, a penchant for soft, bewitching melodies, the use of surging, banging percussion to kick things into gear. But Swirling Violets is finer and more idiosyncratic than that earlier material, with sweeter lulls and sharper climaxes. It’s a record that seems, on first listen, a bit too ingratiating but picks up friction and contradiction as you hear it repeatedly.

White sets up wispy little melodies, then blows them out into dramatic, beat-driven climaxes. He sounds like Elliott Smith at the onset of “Red House Parlour,” for instance, pure and unadorned but still full of feeling. That’s not a terrible thing in itself, though I don’t think he’ll ever match Smith’s lyrical twistiness. However, the payoff comes in the chorus when this little tune goes wild, with florid rolls of piano and high kicking, rave-ecstatic percussion. The absolute king of this sort of thing—that is, folk songs jacked up on electronic beats—was the Beta Band. This is no “Dry the Rain” but it has that same exhilarating swell.

Not all the songs take off like this, and one of the best, the late album “Deadwood,” mostly avoids a climax. Instead it shimmers and quivers on plucked guitars and hushed harmonies. White’s voice smolders quietly and with startling clarity, like the red tip of a cigarette sighted across the yard in twilight. Beautiful.

Jennifer Kelly

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sanjitchudha · 3 months

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Conchúr White - Swirling Violets

Conchúr White: A Rising Star in the Music Industry Conchúr White, whose name is pronounced “Kun-ah-khoor,” has been making waves in the music industry as a talented singer-songwriter, and with good reason. Following the release of a couple of singles and an EP in the last couple of years, White has captivated audiences and built a strong sense of anticipation for more. Now, with the support of…

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piasgermany · 7 months

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[Album] Conchúr White kündigt Debütalbum "Swirling Violets" an!

UK-Singer-Songwriter Conchúr White kündigt sein Debütalbum "Swirling Violets" an, das am 19. Januar 2024 über Bella Union erscheint.

Der aus der Grafschaft Armagh stammende Act bewegt sich auf seinem Debütalbum auf den elf Songs zwischen Dream-Pop und Folk, die allesamt Sehnsucht, tragische Romanzen und merkwürdige Parallelwelten zum Thema machen. Das intime, facettenreiche Debüt ist an einigen Stellen mitunter sogar unheimlich und doch sofort zugänglich und berührend.

Zur Ankündigung hat Conchúr White die Single "I Did Good Today" veröffentlicht. Die verträumten Melodien lösen sich voller Sehnsucht in einem emotionalen Refrain auf, der teils zwanghaftes Bekenntnis, teils Plädoyer ist. “I Did Good Today is a song about craving validation but understanding that such approval can come at the expense of honesty or integrity. Musically I reference the likes of Midlake, Aldous Harding and Bleachers.”

Tracklist "Swirling Violets": 1. The Holy Death 2. Righteous (Why Did I Feel Like That?) 3. 501s 4. Rivers 5. I Did Good Today 6. Swirling Violets 7. Red House Parlour 8. Before Ten 9. Fawn 10. The Woman In The War 11. Deadwood Live: 29.10. Haldern - Haldern Pop Bar

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robmoro · 7 months

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Listen | Conchúr White announces debut album + new single 'I Did Good Today'

Conchúr White today announces his debut album “Swirling Violets” alongside the new single ‘I Did Good Today’. White’s first single ‘I Did Good Today’ is a powerful mix of confession and plea, reflecting on the strong desire for validation. White’s impressionistic lyrics complement the dreamy melody giving the track its edge. White has a busy schedule of upcoming live performances. Firstly, they…

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valaquenta · 1 year

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reconprate · 3 months

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rebjukebox2015 · 3 months

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Conchúr White - Dreamers

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speakers77 · 3 months

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musikblog · 3 months

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Das Offensichtliche ist nicht immer das, was es zu sein scheint. Auf dem Cover von Conchúr Whites Debütalbum “Swirling Violets” möchte der irische Songwriter diese surrealen Schwingungen und Strömungen einfangen, welche uns täglich umgeben. Der junge Künstler, der mit seinen beiden EPs “Bikini Crops” und “Dreamers” bereits für Aufsehen sorgte, zeigt nun die Bandbreite seines […]

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thoughtswordsaction · 5 months

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Conchúr White ShareD New Single "Righteous (Why Did I Feel Like That?)"

Photo by Nathan Magee With his anticipated debut album Swirling Violets due out January 19th via Bella Union, and having previously shared the tracks “I Did Good Today” and “Rivers”, Conchúr White shares his meditative new single, “Righteous (Why Did I Feel Like That?)”. The track comes accompanied by an atmospheric, noir-style video which features Conchúr making a late-night drive – listen and…

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musicnewsweb · 5 months

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ICYMI: Conchúr White shares single 'Righteous (Why Did I Feel Like That?)' from new album - #ConchurWhite @ConchurWhite http://dlvr.it/SzVPDP

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entertainmehub · 5 months

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ICYMI: Conchúr White shares single 'Righteous (Why Did I Feel Like That?)' from new album - #ConchurWhite @ConchurWhite http://dlvr.it/SzVKf5

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thelastmixedtape · 7 months

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8 Songs From The Week In Music

The Last Mixed Tape’s weekly New Irish Music Spotify playlist featuring Rachael Lavelle, Ro Yourell, Sorcha Richardson & more Photo credit: Cait Fahey Rachael Lavelle – Big Dreams Delicate in its presentation and performance, the beautifully crafted sound of Rachael Lavelle’s ‘Big Dreams’ finds its power within the strength of Lavelle’s writing and delivery. Listen on Spotify Conchúr White –…

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garudabluffs · 1 month

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SXSW weighs in after Texas governor tells artists pulling out of the music festival because of the US Army 'don't come back'

March 13,2024 "

South by Southwest acknowledged artists who boycotted the festival due to US Army sponsorship.

Gov. Greg Abbott's dismissal of the protesters triggered SXSW's statement supporting free speech.

Despite the controversy, SXSW is maintaining its military sponsorship.

South by Southwest pushed back in response to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday after he demanded artists who pulled out of the festival due to US Army involvement not return to Texas.

Numerous bands and artists have dropped out during and in the days leading up to SXSW in opposition to the US Army's sponsorship of the eight-day festival. Artists have stated they do not want to associate with the US military and are protesting its support for Israel by not participating.

And to that, Abbott responded on X: "Bye. Don't come back."

READ MORE SXSW weighs in after Texas governor tells artists pulling out of the music festival because of the US Army 'don't come back' (msn.com)

All the Musicians Who Have Left SXSW So Far:

Eliza McLamb

TC Superstar

Shalom

Mamalarky

Lambrini Girls

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Gel

The Curls

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Horse Jumper of Love

Abe Batshon

Buffalo Nichols

Buggin

Scowl

BODEGA

The Armed

TAGABOW

Reyna Tropical

Being Dead

Proper

Enola Gay

Farmer's Wife

Kneecap

Gavin James

Robert Grace

Chalk

Mick Flannery

Sprints

Soda Blonde

Cardinals

Gurriers

NewDad

Farmer's Wife

Mei Semones

MEDUSA

TC Superstar

Omni

Trauma Ray

Mamalarky

Subsonic Eye

Birthday Girl

Groa

Winona Forever

Little Marzan

Tetchy

Discovery Zone

Friend

Lady Apple Tree

Allegra Krieger

Jess Cornelius

Lip Critic

Godcaster

Lucía Beyond

May Rio

Greg Freeman

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The New Eves

Ben Aqua

Bloomsday

Strange Joy

Madison Baker

Luge

This is Lorelei

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Fantasy of a Broken Heart

Tomato Flower

Merce Lemon

Gold Dime

Vera Ellen

Vilagerrr

Font

Fust

Kolb

Frances Chang

Sarah Morrison

READ MORE Full List of SXSW Musicians Greg Abbott Has Told Not To Come Back to Texas (newsweek.com)

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ivory-sunflower · 3 years

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Arty Art Things ✨

Hellooo!

I've decided to post some of the arty things I've done either recently or in the last few years, well the pieces I'm somewhat proud of at least. All my posts tend to be a lot more wordy than they need to be but hey it's what I do here!

Conchúr White

Anyone one who's been on this blog for a bit will have probably have seen me talk about this lovely Irish fella. The pencil drawing is actually a year old as of yesterday, I only know that because screenshots of me flipping out about Conchúr following me on twitter popped up in my memories yesterday. I think I'd sent it to him at about 3 in the morning (I was not in a good head space at that point in time), so probably not what he was expecting to see when he opened his phone in the morning aha

The biro version is much more recent: I got bored while sat at my desk and doing research about university courses, saw a biro, saw my old drawing of Conchúr, had an idea. I revisited my GCSE art techniques and here we are. Again, I put this up on Twitter and now (at the the time I'm writing this) when you google "Conchúr White" it's the third top image of him which is a bit mad really. I think I spent all of about 20 minutes on Conchúr but another 45 minutes on the words behind him. The words are the names of the songs on his EP 'Bikini Crops', he doesn't just really love the idea of Channing Tatum driving him around at night in a daisy print bikini... Well maybe he does but what he does in his spare time is none of my business...

TechDif

So I mentioned that the pencil drawing of Conchúr came from a rough patch in my mental health and this one is no different! In fact this one came from an even worse circumstance so we love to see it. I had a bad, bad time in July and this started as a way of distracting myself from what was going on in my head. Without it, I can't honestly say I'd still be here so even if the final product of this had been a terrible mess I would still love it for keeping me alive. However, it did not turn out to be a terrible mess!

Now that the origin of this is out the way, where do I start with TechDif? Unlike Conchúr, I haven't really talked about them on here (unless you count one brief post about Citation Needed) before so I guess I'll do it here. The Technical Difficulties are a wonderful group of 4 British fellas who have had their fair share of fun online and even before. They did a radio show at university together, which went on to become their Reverse Trivia Podcast, later moving on to a panel show called 'Citation Needed': and a game called 'Two of These People Are Lying'. All of which I would thoroughly reccomend, they're one of my go to things when I'm having a rough time. All 4 of them are excellent! Tom Scott (red top, blue jeans on the picture) has his own YouTube channel which does content aside from TechDif. If you're quite nerdy and like science, linguistics, computers, or any number of other things you may enjoy Tom's channel. He is probably best described as "The Moderator" of the group, much like a tired teacher he tries desperately to keep everyone on track with what they're meant to be doing, but usually it does not end well for him. Then we have Matt Gray (space top, holding an ice cream) who also has a channel away from TechDif stuff, he does techy electronic things and has a series called 'Will it Soft Serve?' where he puts all kinds of strange things through a soft serve machine. Matt brings a very specific energy to TechDif and I can't fully describe what that vibe is but I love it. Matt and Tom also share a YouTube channel where TOTPAL is posted and they had a series called 'The Park Bench'. Moving on to everybody's favourite Gary Brannan: Gary Brannan (SATIRE hoodie, glasses) and can I just say, what a fella he is! He's just excellent! He is the one that will argue and rip into Tom the most (not in a malicious way) and hilarity ensues. There are some episodes where he is absolutely on it, getting all the points and others where he very clearly has no idea and that's where some of his funniest quotes come from. Given how badly I was doing at the time I made this, his response to it on Twitter was so so lovely. I specifically remember one tweet where he said I'd made him happy and although it was probably a flippant comment, it just made feel alright for a bit. Yeah I might be feeling awful right now, but I've made someone else happy so that's a nice feeling. Then last but certainly not least, we have Chris Joel (buffalo check shirt, beard)! I would be lying if I said he isn’t my favourite... His sense of humor is the one I vibe with most, he can get rather dramatic in parts and can chat bollocks like a champion. He has absolutely no online presence away from TechDif and, like Rens from Temples, I fully believe he’s a cryptid and lives off in a tree somewhere.

The picture took me about 4 days to complete, well 4 nights because I did most of it between the hours of 12 a.m. and 7a.m. - I remember watching the sun come through my window each morning. It’s made up of lots of little pieces, all cut out and stuck on; even the sky and hills are made of separate pieces of paper. Nothing was actually drawn on the piece of paper it’s all stuck on, it’s not how I usually do things but if I messed up one little but I could just redraw it rather than ruining the whole thing. The most tedious parts to make were Chris’ shirt because I had to draw each square individually and then join the as well, and cutting out the ban-hammer in the bottom right was surprisingly hard. Every single detail of the picture is a reference to the podcast/shows, I still have the plan sketch and reference list knocking about somewhere. I listened to a lot of true crime videos while making it to the point that certain parts remind me of different cases: the brandy now reminds me of Peter Tobin, and the big spiral thing reminds me of Tim McLean (very harrowing case) - sorry that fact is a bit morbid but interesting nonetheless.

I did post this for a little bit back in July, but I received some rather awful messages so I took it down. Generally, Tom Scott/TechDif fans are lovely but there’s been a few that have taken a disliking to me for some reason so I’m hoping they don’t resurface again. I’m in a better head space now though, so even if they do I’m more equipped to deal with it this time.

Hozier

This was a quick sketch I did in April, I was getting bored with lockdown and decided to summon the bog man himself. There’s not really much more backstory than that, no poor mental health story, no fun twitter story - he’s just here. He’s vibing. I will say I’m particularly proud of his nose, I just think it’s one of the best noses I’ve ever drawn. His hand is okay, but I think that the hands on my Conchúr drawings are better. So there is the Hozi-Boi...

The Corpse Bry

I’ve talked about Bry on here before as well, I love him, he’s excellent, top lad. He is a living Tim Burton character, he’s 6′6, very skinny, and his legs are longer than my will to live. I was watching ‘The Corpse Bride’ a few weeks ago and suddenly had an idea and so ‘The Corpse Bry’ came to be. I gave him a little panda friend because the panda has always been his animal - he used to wear a panda beanie all the time and his album had a panda on the cover. Again, there’s not really a fun story behind this one, I guess it’s somewhat fun because it’s the first art I made after finishing my psychology exams in October so it was nice to actually have the time to draw.

James Bagshaw

Ginger talking about Temples for the third post in a row? it’s more likely than you think! I did this one last week, I’d had a bit of a wobbly day and had group therapy on Teams in the evening and I just couldn’t concentrate on what was going on and I ended up doodling Mr James E. Bagshaw, the glitter crying fraggle man himself. It’s a bare-bones drawing that I could definitely work into more but I’m happy with it as it is to be honest. I’ll be damned if I’m going to sit and add the individual bits of fringe to his jacket, just thinking about doing that makes me tired. Maybe I’ll get around to drawing the whole band at some point...

Alice in “Wonderland”

This one is from about 5(?) years ago, it’s not my typical style and was a “study” based on another artists work (basically i just had to copy this fellas work). I’ll be honest, this one has a sketchy backstory that I won’t go in to because it’s not exactly a nice one, and because of that I also won’t say who the artist is that it’s based on. Despite this, I’m still really proud of this one and I’m so sad that I never got this piece back after I got taken out the class. I’ve considered trying this style again, I’ve even joked about doing another Conchúr drawing in this style as a nod to my progression through GCSE art, eventually leading to Conchúr drawn in ink on music manuscript and stained with neon paint and dyes - it would be quite the project!

So this has been quite a lengthy post so apologies about that but life goes on. Similar to the vinyl post, I’ll probably add to this as and when I make more art. Even if no one is reading these posts, I’m enjoying making them so that’s the main thing. It’s just nice to document things and the feelings that go with them. 💕

~ Love Ginger xx

29/11/2020

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