Look Away Sun Child is the catchy new single from Matthew McDaid, a singer-songwriter born and raised in Whitehead, Northern Ireland. In 2005 his family emigrated to the rural Catalan village of Rupit in the Barcelona region and it was on the Spanish folk music scene that he built up recognition and got noticed by Great Canyon Records, the record label headed by the international singer-songwriter Joana Serrat who he supported on her UK tour during April 2018.
Of his new single he tells us:
“There’s a certain magic to be found in stories that make us feel like home. A universal spell that can hypnotise, transcending borders and backgrounds with the memory of first loves and budding dreams. Look Away Sun Child owns a part of this magic, reflecting the lives of the small town day to day, where seldom change can be found and young lovers look towards new horizons.”
A killer combination of uplifting melodies, yearning vocals and sweet harmonies will call you back time and again to this one.
McDaid debuted in 2015 with the EP, Crowded by Silence, which included five songs and placed him at the center of attention of the main Spanish media and also appearing on BBC Radio Ulster on the Lynette Fay and John Toal radio shows. This year, Matthew featured a duo with Glen Hansard at La Cigale, Paris.
Matthew McDaid released his debut LP Off The Beaten Track on September 2017 via Great Canyon Records, an album that has already won the unanimous praise from the entire Spanish press. Off The Beaten Track was chosen as Nº 6 in Spanish magazine Mondo Sonoro‘s list of Best Folk / Americana Albums of the Year and has been aired at The International Americana Music Show based in New York (USA) as one of the Higlights of 2017.
Accompanied by a full band of top musicians and including the cosmic keys of none other than Glen Hansard’s pianist Romy, Matthew states that “Off The Beaten Track is a rocky road filled with ups and downs and a constant change in scenery that never bores”.
‘Look Away Sun Child’ is out now via Great Canyon Records.
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