Following a string of lauded singles, Waterford singer-songwriter Tadhg Williams has announced that his long-awaited debut EP, This Record Is A Nixer, is set to be released on December 6, on limited edition vinyl. To coincide with the news, he's also shared details of a launch gig at Whelan's Upstairs in Dublin, on December 7.

“I feel like this EP has been a long time coming," Tadhg says of the project. "Things get in the way - money, jobs, life - I feel like this EP now is an accumulation of my early twenties. I always wanted to take some of my songs and record them acoustically, with an added bit of texture in piano and strings. There’s more life in these songs yet, I’m not done with them. But this felt like an appropriate first step.”

The cover art features the singer-songwriter’s grandfather, Alan Morrissey, as an 11-year-old on the beach in Waterford.

“There’s so much joy in that photograph," Tadhg comments. "The innocence and freedom of childhood. Given the songs on the EP are very much about the different mental challenges of your early adulthood - being financially independent; trying to understand and being frustrated with politics, religion; heartbreak; and the simple difficulty of how to enjoy life - I felt that picture was a perfect juxtaposition. While we navigate all these different challenges, that kid is still inside us all.

“I try to keep that image of my grandfather in my head at all times as a reminder that while life has its challenges, it is in itself utter joy.”

The EP was produced by Geoff Warner-Clayton (Gavin James, Kingfishr, Driven Snow), and mastered by iconic producer John Reynolds (Sinéad O’Connor, Damien Dempsey).

Tickets for Tadhg Williams at Whelan's Upstairs go on sale this Thursday at 10am, here.

You can pre-order This Record Is A Nixer on vinyl here.

Track list:

1. Nixer
2. Faith of Old
3. Endgame
4. Frank Edwards
5. Hole in the Wall