Andrew James O'Brien - 'Songs For Searchers'
RELEASE DATE: OCTOBER 8 TH 2012
RECORD LABEL: WESTERN SONGS
Format: 1CD & digital download
Cat # WSTN005
Distribution: Active Media / Universal Music Distribution
“THE NEXT GREAT SONGWRITER TO EMERGE FROM NEWFOUNDLAND” – JAMES FITZPATRICK, CBC
Andrew James O’Brien is a three-time Music Newfoundland and Labrador Award winner (2011). He was named ‘Male Artist of the Year’, ‘Rising Star of the Year’ and his debut album, ‘Songs for Searchers’, was named the ‘Pop/Rock Recording of the Year’.
In addition, ‘Songs For Searchers’ has since been nominated for the 2012 East Coast Music Award for Pop/Rock Recording of the Year’.
Jamie Fitzpatrick of CBC Radio’s Performance Hour says Andrew will be, “The next big songwriter to emerge from Newfoundland”. John Clarke, Events Coordinator for the Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Arts Society says, “Andrew O’Brien plumbs the depth of human experience and bares his heart, soul, and liver in an outpouring of emotion and feeling against a catchy, melodic backdrop of contemporary folk, pop and rock”.
Following a performance at the Music NL Awards ceremony in October 2011, Andrew impressed a number of UK Music Industry delegates in attendance, including Nigel Reveler of the Western Songs record label and respected booking agent Neil O’Brien, who immediately signed Andrew on their return to the UK.
With the groundwork for the UK release of ‘Songs For Searchers’ underway, Andrew completed his first UK tour in May & June 2012 as support for Tristan Mackay, before heading back to complete further touring and festival appearances in Canada and North America, including two sold-out shows at the Newfoundland Resource Centre for the Arts as part of the CBC’s national radio program, Canada Live, and a CBC television special, Sessions in the Old Town.
Andrew’s band, The Searchers, elevate his singer-songwriter sensibilities with a blend of folk, pop and rock giving it, at times, a harder edge while maintaining the sensitivity of his unashamedly autobiographical style of songwriting.
A strong wall of refined musical arrangement married with clever, heartfelt personal narrative has made The Searchers a critically noteworthy band who have been experiencing a wave of momentum since the Canadian release of ‘Songs For Searchers’ in April of 2011.
Andrew O’Brien and the searcher will return to the UK in the autumn to support the release of ‘Songs For Searchers’.
For further information please contact Dave Clarke at:
Phone: + 44 (0) 7966 557774