“Flynn’s arresting debut shines for its ingenuity and unfettered invention as droning tape manipulations, gurgling analogue synth passages and jazz squeals shine in conversation with traditional songs, arrangements and approaches. For all the instrumental mastery on display, Flynn’s rich vocals stand apart, the deeply felt empathy in his delivery lending the songs their own kind of gentle authority. Mesmerising.” Thus wrote Danny Wilson from this parish when Francis Flynn released his debut I Would Not Live Always last year. Repeat listens calcify his take.
Vicar Street, Sunday May 1, €22.50
