This is one of my favourites.
The video for my new single Bow Down will premiere on XS Noize tomorrow.
I’m looking forward to sharing the video with you!
Thank you so much to Kelly-Anne Byrne of Today FM for playing my song Alien again on her show this evening. It’s always such a thrill to hear my music on the radio.
You can listen back to her show here.
Here are some of the responses to my album:
“Hitting real peaks of beauty on tracks like Alien and the very classy Bow Down… The boldly titled R.E.M. Saved My Life Tonight sparkles with electric guitars, and Athens – possibly another nod to Michael Stipe and co – scales real heights of euphoria. There’s also blissful lounge music on Sleeping in Outer Space and Your Sad Smile is that moment in a New Wave movie when the boy finally loses the girl. The industrious Furlong has penned a love letter to his musical heroes that sparks with moments of stark originality.”
(Alan Corr, RTÉ Entertainment)
“So many songs on this album are anthemic, designed for huge stadiums and massive volume. Take a listen to ‘Bow Down’ for some fine musicality, with twisty-turny guitar lines conjuring fun moods. Look at ‘Athens’ for its massive, anthemic energy. ‘Sleeping in Outer Space’ is the soundtrack to an alien child falling asleep sucking its thumb. ‘Your Sad Smile’ takes all your heartstrings and plays them like a harp. There is so, so much packed into every track that can be flaunted like peacock feathers. With such sheer talent and Trojan work ethic on display, it’s hard not to feel excited about the future for Conor Furlong. Rapid Eye Movement is bursting with talent, songwriting prowess and incredible potential.”
(Will Mac Aoidh, Headstuff)
“Conor Furlong has been making waves with the announcement of his debut album Rapid Eye Movement. The album is represented well by lead single R.E.M Saved My Life Tonight, a ballad track filled with anthemic guitars and soaring vocals. A pretty beautiful introduction to the artist, it showcases his skills as a songwriter. Rapid Eye Movement is filled with a tracklist varying in style and moods. Weaved in between solid pop songs like Summer Song and seven minutes, spiritualized inspired tracks like Bow Down. It is the tense interlude Dream which carries the listener through a huge number of emotions in a short space of time. It’s a great record from Conor Furlong, he has showcased his talents very clearly and Rapid Eye Movement feels like an artist really honing his craft as a musician.”
(Fionn Crossan, XS Noize)
“An album full of really, really strong songs.”
(Dan Hegarty, 2FM)
“Conor Furlong has just released a new record that’s stunning… Speaking of great Irish artists, I listened to a really beautiful album this week by Conor Furlong. There are lots of really beautiful tracks on it. This one in particular [Alien], I fell in love with it, I think it’s really magical.”
(Kelly-Anne Byrne, Today FM)
The next single from my album will be Bow Down.
It will be released as a single on Tuesday 15 October.
The artwork is below.
Looking forward to this being released as a single!
Kelly-Anne Byrne of Today FM will be playing some of my new music on her show this evening.
You can listen here from 10pm.
My new album Rapid Eye Movement is out now!
Click here to stream or download it.
Here is the tracklisting:
Giselle
Alien
R.E.M. Saved My Life Tonight
Summer Song
Dream
Bow Down
Athens
Sleeping In Outer Space
Your Sad Smile
In Paradise
The album was written, arranged, performed and produced by myself.
“Your Sad Smile” features John M Ferguson on harmonica.
Here’s the artwork:
My album’s stint as an Album of the Week on Dan Hegarty’s show on 2FM continued this evening. Tonight’s cut from the album was “Alien”.
If you listen back to his show, it’s played 68 minutes in. The entire show is great though and I recommend checking it out. Here’s the playlist. I mean, you can’t go wrong starting with “Civilization” by Justice, can you? What an almighty tune.
What a thrill and honour it’s been to have been an Album of the Week.
My new album is out in just a few hours from now…. midnight worldwide.
Excitement is a gigantic understatement for the way I feel right now.
Can’t wait for you to hear it.