Indie newcomer Jack Devlin has released his debut single, Lies. We asked him the BIG questions . . .
Jack, who hails from Hilltown in the Mourne Mountains, made the most of the pandemic. In the summer of 2020, he realised that a caravan battery could power up a busking session and so he was active with musician friends in Sligo, Galway, Westport, Dublin, and Galway.
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In 2018 he was the Ulster Elite Enduro Champion. He rode in Italy and Austria and following a flight mishap at Whistler, British Columbia, he took to busking between rides to raise the extra cash for the journey home.
"The song is always the foundation of where I judge my success," he says.
Tell us three things about yourself?
I am 22 years old and from the Mourne Mountains. I am a mountain biker, I used to race at a level. I also enjoy sea swimming rock climbing anything extreme basically
How would you describe your music?
It's a raw unfiltered emotional reaction to everyday life, it can be happy, sad, angry and it can range from rock to folk to pop
Who are your musical inspirations?
Red hot Chilli Peppers, Ben Howard, Jeff Buckley, Nothing But Thieves, Palo Nutini, Half Moon Run, Sam Fender.
What was the first gig you ever went to and the first record you ever bought/downloaded?
Green Day at Marley Park, and Green Day’s American Idiot, I even bought one from my dad and uncle to ensure I was listening to Green Day all the time.
What’s your favourite song right now?
Right now, I think its Bitter by a band called Palace. I can't get enough of them right now
Favourite lyric of all time?
It's probably one from Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah, "all I ever learned from love is how to shoot somebody who outdrew you". You could take a few different meanings from it really, but I think it's such a profound line
If you could only listen to one song for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin, it has so many different parts I don't think you could ever get sick of that tune!
Where can people find your music/more information?
Instagram: @iamjackdevlin. Jack Devlin Music on Facebook. Twitter jdevlin099.
