Dundalk songsmith David Keenan has announced the release of his upcoming single, ‘Radiate a Smile’, out June 21.

The song, which explores “Friendship, Football, Human behaviours and more”, was recorded with and produced by Gavin Glass with added mixing and mastering by Ivan Jackman.

Keenan is currently putting the final additions to his fourth studio album, before heading out on tour across the UK and Europe with Rodrigo y Gabriela this June & July.

 

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“I like the idea that this song is two friends who share a deep platonic love, at the football, chatting shit in between people watching, slagging and confiding in one Another,” said Keenan of the track.

“In a traditionally aggressive arena, there’s also intimacy. I like acknowledging the realities of our behaviours, awkwardness, and confusion as well as wit and tragedy in my writing while in this case, a leaning towards optimism as summer approaches.

“There’s an understanding in the song that says we’re only here briefly so let’s not be lazy with our relationships let’s keep the lines open and live fully in the knowledge that we’re only passing through. I write about what I see and feel in the moment, trying to conjure moments of curiosity, humanity, sadness, and then preserving them in a lyric.

Elsewhere, the musician was part of a collective of musicians from Dundalk to announce a live gig in Spirit Store to raise money in aid of Palestine. The show will take place on Saturday, August 3.