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Friday, March 22, 2019

Ian Daniel Kehoe

Add Date: March 19

Artist: Ian Daniel Kehoe

Album: Secret Republic

Label: Tin Angel

Genre: Indie pop, synth pop

Comments: It seems now that Ian Daniel Kehoe has been hiding in plain sight. A classic songwriter pulling from a seemingly endless supply of hooks, dancing through his debut video in silver face paint and an assortment of wide shouldered sports jackets, Kehoe appears somewhat like an apparition, an emissary from a better world. Secret Republic, Kehoe’s debut under his own name, is an entirely self assured first record, ten confident, immaculate pop songs, drenched in analog synth and punchily articulate in their pursuit of love, beauty and rhythm. Kehoe adheres to the idea that music should be moved to, danced to, sung along to. To Kehoe, this is both the most serious thing in the world, and also not serious at all. And this is borne out on Secret Republic, a record which could soundtrack a love either deep or glancing, a record both heavy and feather light...RIYL: Wild Nothing, Alex Cameron, Craft Spells"

Recommended Tracks: 1, 4, 6, 7

DNP: none

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