Indie favourite Maria Kelly releases her wry new single ‘Slump’ today on Veta Records. She shares ‘Slump’ ahead of her performance as an Ireland Music Week showcasing artist at The Workman’s Cellar on Thursday, 3rd October at 11:10pm. The soft acoustic song acknowledges the difficulties of finding yourself stuck in a rut—“I feel the weight of every word I say / It’s heavy”—through a self-deprecating lens.
Maria says of the track: “‘Slump’ felt like the right place to begin when thinking about how to roll out this next project. It captures a starting point—finding myself, once again, at the beginning of a mountain to climb, with no real will to climb it. It began on guitar, but once Matt and I got to the studio, it felt like the lyrics required more humour in the sound. It landed in this funny twee universe that I think pokes fun at that self-deprecating space we can all find ourselves in.”
Slump’ was produced by her creative collaborator Matt Harris (HAVVK, Birthday Problem) and mixed/mastered by Rocky O’Reilly (Start Together, Oppenheimer).
The single follows Maria’s stunning May release ‘Drive’, which was featured in the international trailer for the film Ezra, starring Bobby Cannavale, Rose Byrne, Whoopi Goldberg, and Robert De Niro. ‘Drive’ was also included on the RTÉ Radio 1 Recommends List and received praise from the likes of Nialler9, The Thin Air, Chordblossom, GoldenPlec, Hot Press, The Last Mixed Tape, and more. It’s been a banner summer for Maria; she played live on RTÉ Radio 1 and Galway Bay FM, in addition to performances at the Whelan’s We’ve Only Just Begun Festival, the Galway International Arts Festival with Ezra Williams, her sold-out ‘Night of New Things’ at Bello Bar, and as the opener for Tom Odell at Live at the Marquee in Cork.
Single art by Tara Mollan