The Model

Fionn Regan

€15 / €12 / Fionn Regan is a difficult man to pin down musically. Just two albums into an extremely promising career, this sublimely gifted singer-songwriter has already demonstrated a staggering lack of regard for following the rules.

Regan’s calling card was the beautiful Mercury-nominated The End Of History. Rather than follow it up with more of the same pastoral loveliness, he made The Shadow of an Empire, and with it didn’t so much flaunt convention, as trample all over it to produce a collection every bit as beguiling as its predecessor, but bursting with more ideas and sounds than some acts have in a lifetime.

If The End of History was the sound of the countryside and woodland lanes, The Shadow Of An Empire was the sound of towns and dimly lit streets; heartfelt and with a ragged edge. But mere metaphors barely begin to get to the giddy, restless heart of Fionn Regan’s music.

We await his next broadside (the forthcoming album is due in early August) with bated breath. In the meantime, be one of the first to hear some brand new material, and enjoy a special solo acoustic performance from one of the most mercurial musical talents around.

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