Rita Perry is a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, whose music drifts between the two landscapes of Ireland and Catalunya. Today, Rita announces debut EP Kill Your Darlings, set for release on 25th March 2026, with first single Seasons out now. Written, recorded, and self-produced between her family home in Ireland and Barcelona, the EP stands as both an inward reckoning and an act of release.
Rita explores the duality of her two homes, Ireland and Catalunya, through songs sung in both English and Catalan. Each language holds its own landscape and emotion, exploring how place, memory, and identity intertwine. The misquote title Kill Your Darlings speaks to the delicate balance of freedom and restraint that defines the act of making and the sole, potentially lonely, experience of shaping your art.
Grounded in her voice and guitar, Rita Perry is joined by the driving percussion of Robbie Perry (Rita’s Father, and member of band Dead Can Dance), Caimin Gilmore’s double bass, and Peter Broderick on strings, while Pep Gol’s trumpet and banjo from Jonny Pickett (DUG) rounds out the arrangements.
Seasons, the lead single from the EP, reflects on the subtle sexual miseducation received and internalised through contemporary fantasy literature. Its lyrics and arrangements explore the tension of conflicting feelings toward the body; the push and pull between desire, shame, and self-understanding.
Rita’s voice and guitar quietly introduces this steady reflection which gradually builds momentum, mirroring the experience of a reader awakening to both the joy of the story and the unease of its subtext. Speaking on the single, Perry explains “Seasons holds the space between the voice that wants to swing from the rafters in battle-cry and the voice that stands in quiet frustration but resilience.
This song speaks to that part of me that wants to continue to question the world around me while fighting apathy and acceptance. It’s a reminder to myself that this happens from throw-away romantic novels to the political and cultural laws that shape our world.”
Drawing from her strong familial roots and a close-knit circle of contemporary peers, Rita Perry’s debut emerges as a meditation on identity and belonging. Kill Your Darlings will be released on 25th March 2026.