Rachael Lavelle
Debut Album Big Dreams – out 10th November
New single ‘Big Dreams’ out now
Watch the video by Bob Gallagher
Irish Tour Dates including Project Arts Centre, Dublin
Rachael Lavelle announces the release of her debut album Big Dreams for 10th November.
Along with the announcement, she has shared the album’s title track, with a video directed by Bob Gallagher, and details of live dates in Ireland.
A note on the album:
Big Dreams is an existential coming-of-age album that chronicles the journey of a young woman searching for direction and meaning in a very strange world. Inspired by sounds of everyday life and an intriguing obsession with YouTube self-help videos, the album explores romance, directionlessness, ambition and the expectations of the unsatisfied digital native.
Recorded in various locations including an artists studio in Lisbon, the album is the result of years of experimentation and destruction. Written and produced by Lavelle, it was created alongside long time collaborator, multi-instrumentalist and co-producer Ryan Hargadon (moondiver, Anna Mieke, Kojaque) and engineer and co-producer Alex Borwick (Niamh Regan, Inni-K).
The album is available to pre-order via Bandcamp here https://rachaellavelle.bandcamp.com
“Let Me Unlock Your Full Potential” in June 2023 and now follows up with her new track “Big Dreams”.
On the song, Rachael comments: “Big Dreams is an existential ballad; a meditation on love, expectations, failure and the passing of time. When I wrote the melody, it was as if someone was dying. I was thinking about how, when you die, you experience a flashback of your life. That you are flooded with all the memories of love and people who impacted your life. I was inspired by this idea. That despite all the stress and attempts at success, to live is to be open to the possibilities of life and connection.
It features the voice of the Luas, the Dublin tram system, Doireann Ní Bhriain, who narrates the inner monologue of the millennial mind; the ever-wondering-ever- doubting, the contradicting and the aspiring, concluding: I am open to the possibilities!”
The track was co-produced by Rachael Lavelle & Alex Borwick, mixed by Alex Borwick featuring Ryan Hargadon on Saxophone. Single art is by Bureau Bonanza with a still from the video, directed by Bob Gallagher.
On the video, director Bob Gallagher comments: “There’s a directness to the song that called for it to be performed by Rachael in a transparent way, but there’s also a sense of nostalgia that seemed to fit with the idea of shooting and projecting that performance on black and white film”.
Photo by Cáit Fahey
Live Dates
Rachael will be touring as a three piece for shows around Ireland, presented by Homebeat.
6th Oct – Grand Social Ballroom, Ireland Music Week (showcase), Dublin
23rd Nov – The Black Box, Belfast
24th Nov – Project Arts Centre, Dublin
30th Nov – Mick Lally Theatre, Galway
1st Dec – The Record Room, Limerick
6th Dec – Prims Bookshop, Kinsale
7th Dec – Coughlan’s, Cork
8th Dec – Connollys of Leap, Cork
9th Dec – St Michael’s Church, Waterville, Kerry
Tickets on sale next week via www.rachaellavelle.com
Tracklist:
1. Travel Size
2. Let Me Unlock Your Full Potential
3. Soft Colour Palettes
4. Eat Clean
5. Gratitude
6. Perpetual Party
7. My Simple Pleasures
8. Night Train
9. Sleepy Gal
10. Big Dreams
Website: rachaellavelle.com Instagram: @rachaellavelle Twitter: @rachael_lavelle
