The new single from Andrew Patterson.

Production- Michael McCluskey, Zero Hour Studios
Mastering- Pete Maher (U2, Damien Rice, Snow Patrol)
Artwork- Paper Treeees

"Positioned on the cusp of a mainstream breakthrough" Hot Press
"Making waves on an international scale" The Other Side
"Hopeful and heartfelt storytelling that brings much needed light." Music From The Heart

Hope Will Find Its Way

I recently debuted a recent song on Blast 106 FM called "Old Shoes". I recorded a rough one take version on my iPhone with just guitar and vocals, then added banjo. Later fiddling around a little bit more I added some Garageband strings. I feel it gives the track a little more depth! I hope to officially record this at some point in the near future so this gives a skeleton of what that might sound like. I hope you enjoy!

Old Shoes (Garageband Demo)

This is a song that I wrote many, many years ago, back when I was 16 or 17. Bar a few gigs here and there, it never really found a place and it soon disappeared. Though it was written within a completely different context, I found myself coming back to the lyrics of that old song on Friday night amidst the chaos of the Paris terror attacks. "What else can I do? I feel so useless..." echoed in the midst of my questions and confusion. I played it through once myself and decided to record a demo version, the end result being this simple recording. It's a fairly bleak song, yet the title "Uriel" translates as "God is my light", again, something that filled me with a peace this weekend, that despite darkness, there is always the promise of hope.

Uriel (Garageband Demo)

 This is a song I wrote around 2011 that I used to love playing live, but it somehow slipped under the cracks until I rediscovered the lyrics for it recently. Here is a one take vocal/guitar demo recording I made this week using garageband on my phone.

Made To Fly (Garageband Demo)

"Andrew Patterson is a solo singer songwriter based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He writes heartfelt songs built upon hope, faith and love. Acoustic yet anthemic in his approach, he takes influence from the songwriting of Irish music legends Glen Hansard and Foy Vance, as well as looking stateside towards Bruce Springsteen, Ryan Adams and Brian Fallon of the Gaslight Anthem. Having played recent slots at Dawson Music's 'Belfast Nashville Showcase' and Portstewart Songwriter's Festival, he is readying his first release  ‘Pave The Road EP’ , available online from March 21st 2016. "

Charlotte

Andrew Patterson is a singer songwriter based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He writes heartfelt songs built upon hope, faith and love. ‘Pave The Road EP’ is his first release, written over the course of 5 years, and taking influence from the songwriting greats of Glen Hansard, Bruce Springsteen and Foy Vance. 

Old Shoes

Andrew Patterson is a singer songwriter based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He writes heartfelt songs built upon hope, faith and love. ‘Pave The Road EP’ is his first release, written over the course of 5 years, and taking influence from the songwriting of Glen Hansard, Bruce Springsteen and Foy Vance. 

Dandelions

Surely Not was one of the first songs written for the EP. It came from the desire to write an anthemic song, somewhere in between hope and heartache. For the last few years it has been my regular set opener at gigs, and I wanted to try and capture the energy and passion of the live performance within the intimacy of a recording. Whilst I don't know if I entirely succeeded on this front, it is a song that I love dearly, and hope it serves as an introduction to the songs on Pave the Road.

Surely Not

My Beautiful Surprise (demo)

Recorded in August with Phil d'Alton and Pete McAuley in Hillhouse Studios, "My Suitcase Heart" will be available from early December 2016.

My Suitcase Heart

Alright This TIme

“Andrew Patterson presents his seasonal Christmas release, "Something in December”.  A warm and heartfelt track  written at a time when he was living in Dublin, experiencing a period of soul searching and rerouting, it manages to capture the wonder of the Festive season, through "coffee cups and conversation", "New York fairytales of old" and discovering the power of musical community on Grafton Street.

Something In December

Following the release of 'Little Darlin'' last year, Andrew Patterson returns with a brand new single, 'Normal People' – a feel-good folk-pop track inspired by Sally Rooney’s book of the same name and its hit TV adaptation.

“Also inspired by my own journey, the song is a call to the struggle in each of us to fit in despite all of our quirks and insecurities," the Belfast-based singer-songwriter says of the track. "The realisation becomes that really, no one is truly normal, and everyone is searching for the same sense of belonging.”

Featuring Chris McCann on drums, 'Normal People' was recorded in Zero Hour Studios with producer Michael McCluskey, and was mastered by Pete Maher – whose previous clients include the likes of U2, The Killers, Snow Patrol and Damien Rice.

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