“Gentle, soaring and full of nostalgic comfort, Peter Richardson’s new single ‘The Coast’ will transport you.” — Hot Press
“Offering a magnitude of promise from an artist that deeply excites us” — Second Wave
“Brimming with tight instrumentation and clean production, ‘Please Don’t Believe Me’ is a refined display of contemporary pop marking Peter Richardson an artist to keep an eye on.” – Indie Buddie
Peter Richardson is a singer-songwriter from Dublin. An avid songwriter all his life, Peter grew up surrounded by music. After testing the waters with his original songs at a college open mic, Peter began properly recording his music at home in the summer of 2020. A few months later in October he released his debut single, “The End of The World”, an indie folk ballad filled with choral vocals and stirring, apocalyptic lyrics and instrumentation.
Following his debut, Peter continued with a string of releases, leading with “Please Don’t Believe Me” which premiered on RTÉ Radio 1 upon release, and later his debut EP “Then & Now”produced with Cian Sweeney (1000 Beasts).
Peter and his band made their live debut that summer, selling out the upstairs in Whelan’s weeks in advance, and moving to headline the venue’s main room due to overwhelming demand for their first ever show. Since this, they have continued to grow with headline shows in the Soundhouse, a festival debut at Kaleidoscope, and most recently a sold-out headliner in Bello Bar in November 2023.
As the success of their live shows has been growing, Peter has spent the past year working with prolific Drogheda producer Daniel DeBurca on a new body of music to bring himself and his band into the next chapter of their career. The first of these brand new songs, ‘Better Alone’ is set to release on the 19th of April, and will be followed by Peter’s next headliner in the Grand Social on May 10th.
“Better Alone” is the latest single from Peter Richardson. Written by Peter and recorded in Jejune Studios in Drogheda, the track is the latest in a series of new music that Peter has been working on with prolific producer Daniel DeBurca (Ailbhe Reddy, POST PARTY, Eleanor McAvoy, TOYGIRL) . Peter has spent the past year recording in Jejune Studios, working collaboratively with Daniel and his band to master their new sound.
‘Better Alone’ is the first step into that new sound, a bold, folk-rock ballad bursting with the extra grit the group has found playing together over the past two years. Despite it’s melancholic title the song is a hopeful one, hoping that from something broken something new can grow, new love can be found, and wondering if maybe indeed we will be “Better Alone”.
Releasing on Friday April 19th, the track is a bold statement from the emerging songwriter, and the first of taste of what is yet to come.
