After releasing “Perfect In My Eyes ” and “Free Like The Ocean ”, Rea Garvey will now return with his newest pre-released album single “Somewhere Close To Heaven ” in collaboration with the band “Picture This ” on March 15 th .
Rea Garvey shares very personal insights of the single creation process and cooperating with Picture This :
“I’ve watched Picture This from the wings since Day #1! After they joined me on tour in Germany, I was even more a fan than before and wanted to get us into studio and make music.
We wrote together trying to capture our Irish roots and our inborn love of music.
The song “ Somewhere Close To Heaven ” is a diary entry of every Irish person abroad.
We love to sing, dance and celebrate life and in doing so we are home again if only in our hearts and minds.
Picture This and I needed to find a song whose sum was greater than the parts. “ Somewhere Close To Heaven ” couldn’t have been written by one of us, it’s a combination of both music worlds giving that supernova effect.
I have to love what I do, it’s the last freedom of a musician and we didn’t leave the studio until what
we wrote and recorded blew our minds. I want to say we walked out but in truth we crawled out, Joyous!Ryan Hennessy (the singer from Picture This) is one of the best text writers I’ve heard in a long time with a wealth of melody which often blinds me. If writing this song was a race, I often found myself catching up but the last 100 meters felt like a photo finish :) This song is Irish, it’s good feeling, it’s how I feel, it’s how I want to feel.”
Rea Garvey´s highly anticipated album “Halo” will be released on September 13rd.
Picture This have established themselves as an acclaimed band out of Ireland; known for their compelling songwriting and electrifying performances. Their ability to blend heartfelt lyrics with powerful melodies has garnered them a devoted global fan base.
The band represents a global underdog story, Picture This have unassumingly captivated listeners in every corner of the world through 3 album releases on Republic/Universal US and up to new adventures on RCA Germany and UK.
The band have amassed 450 million total streams , sold out stadiums including a five-night stand at Dublin’s 3Arena (equivalent to London’s O2), headlining Electric Picnic’s Main Stage in front of 70’000 people (see video at bottom) and selling out their first European underplay tour in 20mins in Spring 2023, playing all key European festivals in 2023 with the European tour in autumn 2023 seeing them play over 30 headline dates.
