Here are some of the responses to my album:<\/p>\n
\u201cHitting 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.\u201d \u201cSo many songs on this album are anthemic, designed for huge stadiums and massive volume. Take a listen to \u2018Bow Down\u2019 for some fine musicality, with twisty-turny guitar lines conjuring fun moods. Look at \u2018Athens\u2019 for its massive, anthemic energy. \u2018Sleeping in Outer Space\u2019 is the soundtrack to an alien child falling asleep sucking its thumb. \u2018Your Sad Smile\u2019 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\u2019s hard not to feel excited about the future for Conor Furlong. Rapid Eye Movement is bursting with talent, songwriting prowess and incredible potential.\u201d \u201cConor 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\u2019s 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.\u201d \u201cAn album full of really, really strong songs.\u201d \u201cConor 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<\/em>], I fell in love with it, I think it’s really magical.\u201d “Furlong has composed a captivatingly cordial record here that smoothly fuses together elements of the genres of pop, rock and shoegaze. Its consistently canorous vocals and amiable music should attract a sizable and diverse listenership.” Here are some of the responses to my album: \u201cHitting 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/conorfurlong.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/conorfurlong.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/conorfurlong.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/conorfurlong.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/conorfurlong.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1623"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/conorfurlong.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1624,"href":"http:\/\/conorfurlong.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1623\/revisions\/1624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/conorfurlong.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/conorfurlong.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/conorfurlong.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n(Alan Corr,\u00a0RT\u00c9 Entertainment<\/a>)<\/p>\n
\n(Will Mac Aoidh,\u00a0Headstuff<\/a>)<\/p>\n
\n(Fionn Crossan,\u00a0XS Noize<\/a>)<\/p>\n
\n(Dan Hegarty,\u00a02FM<\/a>)<\/p>\n
\n(Kelly-Anne Byrne,\u00a0Today FM<\/a>)<\/p>\n
\n(Dave Simpson, Pure M<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"