Stream/download Lucy’s debut EP ‘Third Second Chance’
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Tour Dates:
Wednesday 27th March @ Servants Jazz Quarters, London (sold out)
Thursday 28th March @ The Grand Social, Dublin
“‘A voice as rich as velvet and killer musical instincts” – Clash
Following a string of widely praised singles in recent months, including “Plastic”, “Old Ways” and “Follow Me”, emerging Irish alt-pop singer and songwriter Lucy McWilliams shares her eagerly awaited debut EP ‘Third Second Chance’, and celebrates the release with a live show at The Grand Social, Dublin, this Thursday 28th March.
Cementing her vibrant aesthetic these last few years, ‘Third Second Chance’ looks to broaden the progressive and emotive journey she has been on lately. Teaming up with the renowned Zach Dawes for the release, best known for his work with the likes of Lana Del Rey and The Last Shadow Puppets, this new collection highlights the warm and majestic energy she has been cultivating since her earliest beginnings.
Ireland has a rich history when it comes to storytelling. And so, it’s perhaps no surprise that Dublin-born singer-songwriter Lucy McWilliams makes music steeped in candour, her sweet vocal lithe and mellifluous as she sings about the joys and pains of letting yourself be open to love. Her songs – which, at the time of writing, have over 16 million streams on Spotify alone – do not sit neatly under one genre; expansive indie, slinky R&B, swaying acoustic pop, ‘90s-rom-com-style rock, all find a home in her sound.
Collaborating with her producer friend Charlie Hugall on a slew of singles that have garnered plenty of buzz with their soft intimacy, she shares her EP, Third Second Chance, featuring work from Zach Dawes. Travelling to LA to work with Dawes, their collaboration has allowed McWilliams to explore her sharper edges.
The result is a record that sounds bigger and more assured than anything Lucy McWilliams has ever done before. On buoyant, soaring lead single ‘Plastic’, she interrogates her past amenability in relationships, airing her frustrations with her own willingness to lose sight of her real self and her true desires in the pursuit of being loved. The rest of the EP, on tracks like ‘Mr Useless’, ‘Old Ways’, ‘Follow Me’ and ‘I’m OK’, find her similarly exploring themes of anger, boundaries and loving, recognising that as she gets older her openness to love also has to include love and respect for herself. These are anthemic tracks about womanhood in your 20s.
This is the sound of an artist stepping into a new era, still open and tender but with a sense of assured self-respect running through it. Having already supported the likes of Arlo Parks and Jake Isaac, as well as playing festival dates and gigs across Ireland, London, and Paris, this is just the beginning of Lucy McWilliams’ journey.
Lucy McWilliams celebrates her EP launch at The Grand Social, Dublin, Thursday 28th March.
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