Papa Boyle is a Retro Indie artist based out of Dublin, Ireland. From an early age, he was given exposure to a wide range of music that spanned multiple decades and genres which fuelled the fire to become a songwriter and performer.
Taking inspiration from the retro sounds of the ’50s and 60’s Rock n Roll era (ie Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, The Everly Brothers) with a tinge of modern Indie (ie Father John Misty, Angel Olsen, Kings Of Leon, Orville Peck) Papa Boyle croons over an ambient landscape filled with rousing melodies and pondering punchlines.
The resulting hooks transport the listener to diners of old, bars of new, and crossroads that feel familiar yet unknown at the same time. With aspirations of 2024 being a breakout year with releases and gigs across Ireland, ‘Between Two Fools’ will be the first single from Papa Boyle which will be released on Friday, April 5th 2024. His sound brings something fresh and unique to the music scene, watch this space!
Between Two Fools’ was forged from outside observation of how things can pan out when a big decision is made in a relationship, Papa Boyle put himself in the shoes of the people who went through this and mulled over the thoughts or situations they may find themselves in, taken the role of the narrator in this instance.
Musically the track has a disposition that swirls and flows with the guitar and vocals throughout the song, the rhythm section is influenced by beats such as Roy Orbison’s ‘Crying’ or The Ronettes’s ‘Be My Baby’.
“I found these older songs had a lovely simplicity to them that allowed the vocal and instruments to have their moment in the spotlight and this is something I wanted to try and achieve in my song.”
“At the time of writing the song I found myself listening to some more country-leaning music ie “Chris Stapleton and Orville Peck” This inspired me to track some lap steel guitar on this record which was my first time to do so, the acoustic and electric guitar have a mixture of tones old and new which I think gives the track a Retro Indie feel.”
Papa Boyle is excited about making his debut and unleashing his first release to new listeners. He hopes it is an enjoyable experience that leaves them wanting more!
All instruments were tracked and recorded over a few sessions with engineer Stephen Dunne in Portobello, Dublin, the track was then mastered by Ivan Jackman.
