Hot Press is thrilled to premiere the video for 'My Something Beautiful', the new Luan Parle single, which is out on January 17 and is already getting Irish radio excited.
It's the country-flavoured first taster from her Never Say Goodbye album, which follows on February 7. The ten original tracks include two co-writes with Dire Straits guitarist Hal Lindes.
"‘My Something Beautiful’ blends jangly pop/rock smarts with country textures… guitar-driven with an insistently jaunty pace, it’s the kind of song which would sit happily in the repertoires of Emmylou Harris, Natalie Merchant or even The Bangles," our man Colm O'Hare enthuses. "There are echoes too of Fleetwood Mac in the seductive chorus and the tune is firmly grounded in that classic West Coast FM radio sound which has proved so enduring over the years. To put it another way, if Parle guested with [the late] Tom Petty’s Heartbreakers at their peak, the results would sound something like this."
That nails it perfectly! Luan kicks her nationwide tour off on January 17 in Bray's Mermaid Arts Centre and then heads to:

February 8 Wexford Arts Centre, Wexford
February 27 Bob’s Hideout, Durrow, Co. Laois
February 28 Birr Theatre & Arts Centre, Co. Offaly
February 29 Balor Arts Centre, Ballybofey, Co. Donegal
March 6 Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise, Co. Laois
March 7 Backstage Theatre, Farneyhoogan, Longford
March 27 Whelan’s, Dublin
March 28 An Seanachai, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford
April 3 Courthouse Arts Centre, Tinahely, Co. Wicklow
April 16 Draíocht Arts Centre, Blanchardstown, Co. Dublin
April 18 Cleere’s Theatre, Kilkenny
May 16 Whale Theatre, Greystones, Co. Wicklow
May 22 Nenagh Arts Centre, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary
May 23 The Glorach Theatre, Abbeyfeale, Co. Limerick
May 29 Garbo’s Castlebar, Co. Mayo
May 31 Gallery Café, Gort, Co. Galway
We'll be catching up with her soon in Hot Press!