“A tongue-and-cheek attitude that permeates a playful mood, although serious undertones often persist. As soft as a storm and as warm as Winter, the contrast that Letterbox Kid leaves in tow feels like a fight between the many sides of one’s self.”
– Peter Doherty of Bligatory.
“Letterbox Kid’s upcoming music has us on the edge of our seats. His sound is fresh and ambitious.”
– Hot Press.
“Singer-songwriter, rapper and producer Isaac O’Sullivan has some voice to be belting with, and a command of weird, vacillating accents that give off a slightly woozy feel.”
– Mike McGrath-Bryan of The Echo
Letterbox Kid is the artistic project of 24-year-old Irish singer-songwriter, producer & rapper, Isaac O’Sullivan. The Letterbox Kid project elegantly blends a wide array of genres such as Hip-Hop, R&B & Soul to create an astoundingly unique and melodic sound. After press & playlist success on ‘Let The Forecast Be White Please’, ‘Rainbow Song’ ventured further still into this common-ground world of weather to extend this metaphor in classic yet experimental Hip-Hop fashion.
‘Stormy Daniels’, the third and final single from the Letterbox Kid’s upcoming project ‘Let’s Talk About The Weather’, releases on June 28th with an accompanying Paris-shot music video featuring Irish Pop-Star, Darian June. Starring both Darian June & the Letterbox Kid himself, this fly-on-the-wall type film will make sure to put a smile on your face. Self-made, self-directed, self-edited.
With that, and Isaac’s first release as the Letterbox Kid back in 2021, the Letterbox Kid project has never stopped growing and evolving, both sonically and thematically. From selling CDs from his school bag to supporting the likes of Paul Noonan and Daithi, Isaac has always made music for the right reasons; for personal growth and understanding, for sharing in expression, for fun.
The Letterbox Kid project, now with several successful singles behind it, being prolific in 2023 with six new releases under its belt, is ready to capitalise on 2024 this Summer with its first release of the year in Stormy Daniels, and the project’s debut full-length music video to go with it.
Isaac himself knows a thing or two about the weather as he was born in the countryside of Waterford in the south of Ireland, he grew up on the sounds of Joni Mitchell, Damien Dempsey, The Police & The Be Good Tanyas, with his father being a formative figure on his listening habits. He has spent the majority of his young adult life living in Cork City, studying under some of the brilliant minds at the Cork School of Music. Here was where the Letterbox Kid project was born. Influenced by peers and friends such as Hausu Records co-founders Automatic Blue and ActualAcid, as well as Irish Hip-Hop revelation Alex Gough, the Letterbox Kid sprung into life with the sounds of Jeff Buckley, Tyler The Creator, King Krule and Travis Scott. The harder Isaac worked and the more comfortable he became in his skin made for local as well as national success with shows in Cyprus Avenue, Workmans, Sea Church and Whelans, working with artists such as 1000 Beasts, Arthur Valentine and Houseplants along the way, finding Spotify editorial playlist success on ‘A Breath Of Fresh Eire’.
With Let The Forecast Be White Please & Rainbow Song behind him and Stormy Daniels in front (pardon the innuendo), Letterbox Kid is ready to move this musical project into the stratosphere with a Summer release date of June 28th. Using all of the cleverly crafted tools he has learned over the years, whether that be songwriting, production, performing or directing, Isaac aims to make 2024 a ground-breaking year for the Letterbox Kid project. Ireland’s cute yet obsessive use of the topic of weather to create a sense of unity and community through small talk with that of a stranger they meet on a street corner will now pave the way for music which takes the overly familiar weather conversations and translates that idea into a way of talking about something which in the past may have been off limits, our feelings and mental health struggles.
Through the comedic title of Stormy Daniels to the instructive project name of Let’s Talk About The Weather, the Letterbox Kid makes light of a once taboo and difficult topic. In all of its melodic and personal glory, the Letterbox Kid expresses so much within Stormy Daniels modest 3-minute run time. It’s his Summer pop song. It’s his introspective Rap piece. It’s Letterbox Kid personified.
Stormy Daniels as a single is an absurdly ambitious Pop-Rap song with a stomping kick & bass as well as a ridiculously lush accompanying instrumental, with sizzling synths and stunning vocals from Corks’ very own Charli XCX, Darian June. With Isaac taking the lead on production, Tyler The Creator’s IGOR can be heard twisting in & out of earshot while the song still takes the time to demonstrate the Letterbox Kids trademark vocal swag as well as his unique writing style & flair. Stormy Daniels is both nostalgic & sweet as well as unique & ear-catching, with beautiful melodies swinging recklessly then delicately from all angles.
“This song would happily sit upon a car radio on a warm Summer’s day when there was simply nothing better to do than go for a Sunday drive and play bops one after two until the sun escaped the sky and you found yourself back in the drive of your family home, too embarrassed to tell your Dad the name of said song.” Isaac O’Sullivan (Letterbox Kid)
Stormy Daniels all but goes ahead and captures the Letterbox Kid’s emotional and technical range as an artist thus far. From soaring vocal highs to nonchalant rap hooks, from beautifully composed strings to low rattling bass things, the Letterbox Kid flexes his musical and artistic prowess with his final instalment of singles before releasing the much anticipated ‘Let’s Talk About The Weather’ in late August.
This EP aims to usher listeners into a new era of openness and free speaking in Ireland, on topics such as emotions and mental health, in the hopes one might speak on things like these in the same manner one might throw small talk about the week’s weather forecast over an Irish shop counter first thing on a wet Monday morning.
