Patricia Lalor - 13th Of January

The delicately complex, sophisticated and overall poignantly gorgeous '13th January' is taken from Patricia Lalor's new EP, Sleep Talk, which was released yesterday.

Patricia is a fourteen year old singer/songwriter from Dublin who began her career at the age of eleven when she started uploading her cover versions of songs she liked to her YouTube channel, leading to praise from Hozier (whose song 'Cherry Wine' she covered) amongst others.

The PR team newly promoting Lalor's work have described her sound as being "like a cross between Billie Eilish, The Big Moon and SOAK" and it's hard to come up with a better shorthand for her sound to be honest. There is nothing derivative in her music, but there are echoes of the wistfulness expressed by Eilish in her quieter, more stripped down moments, just as there is the pretty melancholy of SOAK and a low key indie pop guitar sound not unlike The Big Moon.

That said, Lalor has clearly taken the time over the past three years to hone her own sound and the result is delicate, complex, pared down songwriting that showcases her growing talents. She is definitely one to watch.