Irish Poet and performer Sinead O’Brien will be playing a show at YES in Manchester this May.
Originally from Limerick ‘a kind of grey industrial place with a certain poetry to it’, Sinead’s work captures the everyday and the in-between in a way that transcends genre.
Writing from her own observations, her influences can be found in the realism of Mark E. Smith of The Fall and the works of literary icons such Frank O’Hara, W.B. Yeats, Joan Didion, Albert Camus. “I am inspired by an honest face on the train, a rhythm, a melody, a feeling, or it can hit me as nothing at all- a vacuum, limbo! Every detail matters”.
A multifaceted artist, Sinead’s writing has also been published by the esteemed London Magazine whose alumni include T.S. Eliot, Sylvia Plath and William Burroughs.
Her unique fusion of spoken lyrics and art rock has piqued the attention of luminaries of both genres, seeing her perform with John Cooper Clarke and Brian Jonestown Massacre at sold out theatres across the UK.
Playing live with her band and collaborators; Julian Hanson (guitar) and Oscar Robertson(drums), Sinead’s transfixing performances are placing her at the forefront of a resurgent post-punk wave that is taking the capital and beyond.
Catch Sinead O’Brien at the intimate YES (The Basement) on Saturday 9th May, she won’t be playing venues like this for much longer.
Tickets go on sale on Wednesday 29th January at 9am from www.gigsandtours.com.
