Kean Kavanagh - The County Star

Kean Kavanagh - The County StarAvailable on black wax Irish Indie Soul maestro Kean Kavanagh is coming in hot for 2025 with undoubtedly one of the albums of the year, this coming of age record brings out all the best flavors of Keans influences from his early upbringing in Rural Ireland, and his Americana influence having been born in Houston, Texas and grown up in Portlaoise in Ireland's midlands this record merges the two worlds in a totally unique and effortlessly cool way,

The patient listener is rewarded by tracks like “Trad” and “Silver Owl” that demonstrate the masterful balance the band has between soft and loud

Raves til sunrise

with the added flawless delivery of the new members & new orchestration with real orchestral instruments

” — Aaron Cometbus

where the speaker claims that environmentalists are often called ‘radical’… ‘however

It was obviously ready to happen

not only embraces traditional shoegaze approaches but also delivers heated guitar sounds reminiscent of emo

Having honed their signature balance of airy

and that is unexpectedly linked to this compilation album

Their songs unfurl with all the unpredictability of a living entity (and you can never quite put a finger on where they’ll go next)

it still rocks like crazy

A reminder of the simple power of peace and beauty