Sorcha Richardson announces 3Olympia Theatre headliner

Three years on from the release of her breathtaking debut album First Prize Bravery, and ahead of the release of her highly anticipated sophomore album later this year; Dublin singer-songwriter Sorcha Richardson has announced a 3Olympia Theatre headliner on 20th October 2022.

Songs such as ‘Ruin Your Night’, ‘Honey’ and ‘Petrol Station’ are evocative vignettes of a moment in time, with her narrative songwriting connecting with a loyal fanbase.

In November 2019, Richardson released her debut album, First Prize Bravery. The album was nominated for the RTE Choice Music Prize for Irish Album of the Year. It’s a collection of lyrical snapshots of life as a twenty-something, accompanied by the desires, doubts and developments that the decade delivers.

The musician, who studied in New York from the age of 18 and returned at age 26, celebrated the release of her debut album with a sold out Irish tour and a series of festival and headline shows in the UK and Europe in late 2019 and early 2020.

More recently, she collaborated with Irish artists Denise Chaila, God Knows, MurRli and James Vincent McMorrow on ‘Out The Gaff,’ and in November 2020 released ‘The Starlight Lounge’, Sorcha’s first official single since her debut album, which she wrote and co-produced with James Vincent McMorrow.

Sorcha’s highly anticipated sophomore album, Smiling Like An Idiot, is set for release on September 23 via Faction Records. During the pandemic, Richardson moved into her grandparent's house, turning the living room into an impromptu if elementary studio. From here she delved into the "static process" of working alone, and then a month-long love/hate process of almost daily sessions via Zoom.

The recent video for 'Shark Eyes' featured Irish comic Michael Fry, with previewed single 'Archie' acting as the heart-felt opener of the LP.

"Shark Eyes is about being totally infatuated with someone who you know isn’t as interested in you as you are in them," Richardson said. "It’s about following your darker and more destructive impulses and allowing yourself to be taken for a bit of a ride, partly out of boredom and curiosity, but also partly out of a lingering hope that maybe this time it will end differently.

"I think I wrote it as a way of admitting to myself that that relationship would never be anything more than it already was, but I wanted it to still have the sweetness of a love song. Sometimes there’s a real lightness and relief in coming to that realisation about someone and knowing and accepting the limits of your relationship with them. It was the first song I wrote for this album and the first thing that Alex and I worked on together since we made my debut album. I think it acted as a bit of a green light to keep going."

Tickets from €24.90 including booking fees are on sale Friday, 29th July at 10am.