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“While the instruments offer a typical pop quality, it’s June’s vocals, composition and arrangement that truly shine.” – The Other Side Reviews
“The sanguine track mixes hues from a vibrant palette of contemporary pop and emotive nostalgia, following the ups and downs of a relationship with stark intimacy.” – Hot Press
JUNE
June is an upcoming Irish singer/songwriter from Laois. Her songs span between alternative folk, pop and dance music with Irish traditional singing influences. She plays piano (Grade 7 RIAM Piano Exams) and is currently learning guitar. The Laois native has performed 10 original songs at the Panache music festival in Hoylake, Liverpool and also performed at a “Beatles Day” in Albert Dock, Liverpool, covering a number of songs by The Beatles. She is inspired by an eclectic range of artists including Clannad, Sia and David Guetta.
Her debut single ‘Up‘ released in July and received over 1,000 streams on Spotify as well as having over 60 impacts on radio, landing airplay with Ocean FM, Blast 106 Belfast, Near FM, Dublin South FM, Prospect Radio UK, It Is Now Radio, RTE 2XM and many more, as well as landing press coverage in Hot Press, Ragged Cast, The Other Side Reviews and many more.
June is currently set on planning her debut album release at a later stage but is now focused on releasing some singles into the Irish music scene first to help build up her momentum. Her second single will be released this August.
‘MerryGoRound‘ is an uptempo folk pop track. It is a metaphor for the dizzying pace of modern society and how difficult it is not to get swept up into materialistic ideologies. It is intended to make the listener pause and reflect upon their lifestyle.
The song kicks off with a bang akin to the alarm clock of life. In the first verse and pre chorus, the narrator observes the materialist actions of people in society, with a caveat emptor – enter into this lifestyle at your own risk. The risks being firstly that you won’t be able to get off the rollercoaster; and secondly, you risk losing your peace forever.
In the song the characters distract themselves from a lack of fulfilment and meaning on a never-ending rollercoaster of pleasure seeking behaviour and acquirement of possessions. Verse two describes the influence of peer pressure.
By the end bridge, the narrator’s resistance is crumbling and they are giving up hope on resisting the lure towards a more materialistic lifestyle. They describe how their mind is becoming addicted to the seduction of chasing achievements and how they can’t take a break from striving for more. The song ends with an “I told you so” sentiment – i.e. once you’re on the rollercoaster of modern life, you won’t ever get off of it.
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