Born in Tulla, Co. Clare, Torpey grew up surrounded by music due to his mother, Kate Purcell, singer with the Grammy-nominated band Cherish The Ladies. He started learning the piano at age five and, in his early teens, began learning how to play his favourite pop songs by ear. At 15, he picked up the guitar having listened to bands such as The Beatles, Oasis, and The Arctic Monkeys. Over time, his taste in music expanded to include folk acts like Bon Iver and Bob Dylan. These influences combine to give Torpeys music the grounded elements of Folk along with some of the more catchy, upbeat qualities of Rock and Pop.
“I like to think of ‘Only The Good Die Young’ as falling into the camp of ‘optimistic nihilism’. It’s a song that is lyrically about feeling nihilistic about the state of the world but with music that uplifts and offers catharsis to that feeling.
It was self-produced in my bedroom studio over the course of two weeks in October/November of last year and is the first single of my upcoming EP.” – Torpey.
With his hooky new single ‘Only The Good Die Young’ on the horizon, Torpey hopes to build more of a momentum for himself as he plans an exciting 2025 ahead full of fresh striking music. Don’t miss ‘Only The Good Die Young’ dropping March 28th, it’s bound to take Torpey to new heights, this is just the beginning!
