Peter Horton crooned romanticism into the heart of indie with the radiant synth-soaked seminal single, ‘Róisín Dubh’

Peter Horton crooned romanticism right back into the heart of indie with his latest seminal single, Róisín Dubh. There’s nothing synthetic about the 80s aesthetic that gets serenaded through every progression in the revelation of a single that finds a myriad of ways to tantalise you with every nuanced twist in timbre. If you’ve found that most new wave indie synth pop artists are distinctly lacking in soul, Róisín Dubh will never disappoint; affection cascades from the release as much as the lush reverb spills radiant light across each melodic line. Pulled from his EP, ‘Who You Are’, Róisín Dubh is steeped in the kind of authenticity that comes from examining your own relationships, your travels, and finding your way to the core of who you are. Horton’s affinity for 80s music oscillates through his sonic signature, setting his story of self-reflection and passion against a backdrop of shimmering New Wave-inspired synthpop. The single’s namesake is a nod to a legendary music club in Galway, Ireland, a city where Horton once studied abroad in 2011 – it’s that memory, and a desire to channel the spirit of a night lost in a club’s neon haze, that brought this single to […]

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