Mercury Prize nominated artist to appear in Lancaster

Irish singer-songwriter Fionn Regan will be performing in Lancaster this month, marking the release of his new album O Avalanche.

More Music and Off the Beaten Track present the gig in the Gregson Centre, Lancaster, on Wednesday, October 22, and tickets are now on sale.

A unique, critically acclaimed, poetic voice in music, Fionn Regan is a Mercury Nominated Artist amongst numerous other nominations (Choice Prize, Shortlist prize and Meteor Awards).

He explains: “I see O Avalanche sort of like a film that starts cinematically and develops in abstract ways. It moves in different sequences, backwards and forwards.

‘’And if you’re thinking about it in a visual way, there’s a quality about it where it’s always magic hour.”

His latest album was written in Majorca, a place he describes as his “true north”:

“There’s a sense of an artistic energy there, where you step back a little from the main drag of bigger cities,’’ he said.

‘’You’re sat there in the mountains looking towards the cities, rather than the other way. There’s a kind of focus, a feeling that you’re tuned in to something.”

Regan was invited to speak and made an ‘Honorary Member’ by the Trinity College Dublin Literary Society.

The chairman of the Society said: “In his music, Mr Regan has done more than many artists to erode the boundaries between music and literature, with his lyrics always possessing the most beautiful poetry.”

He was granted their gold medal in honour of his achievements.

Tickets are on sale via the More Music website www.moremusic.org.uk