Northern Irish musician Ciaran Lavery shares video for new track “Oh My God (No, Your God) – Feat. Morgana”
June 14, 2024 BY Emma Orland
Award-winning Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician Ciaran Lavery will release a brand new single titled “Oh My God (No, Your God)” featuring Morgana.
In a quagmire of muttering bass and eerie choral harmonies (featuring the ethereal tones of Belfast-born singer Morgana), on “Oh My God (No, Your God)” Lavery explores how, in Northern Ireland, the beliefs you inherit from your elders often leads to blinkered judgement. How the mere uttering of a family name can prompt the slamming of doors. How children are abused under the guise of “discipline”.
Lavery explains: “The song deals with the very unique and divided history in Northern Ireland, and how it is to be raised in a society where such things as inherited beliefs and family names have a lasting effect on which paths are open to you in your life.”
Out tomorrow (14th June), you can watch the music video to “Oh My God (No, Your God)” ahead of the release here and below now.
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The track follows on from previous singles “Honeybun” and “The World Will Put Its Arms Around You”, and will be on his upcoming new full-length album out later this year (more details soon).
About Ciaran Lavery:
Ciaran Lavery is a Belfast-based, award-winning, multi-nominated singer-songwriter and musician who has released four acclaimed albums with well over 150 million streams to date. Lavery’s music has been nominated four times at the NI Music Prize, winning album of the year in 2016, as well as being nominated for the Hot Press Magazine ‘album of the year’ and ‘single of the year’. Previously, he has been named as the Hot Press magazine ‘One to Watch’.
He has toured extensively worldwide, with performances at festivals such as Glastonbury, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Zermatt Unplugged, SXSW, M for Montreal, with a particular highlight of being handpicked to play Willie Nelson’s Luck Reunion Festival in Texas. Lavery has been invited to play showcases at Disney, Lionsgate, Paste Magazine and Spotify Fans Only in both New York and Boston, as well as touring with the likes of Bear’s Den, William Fitzsimmons, The Low Anthem and opening for KD Lang, Neko Case and Laura Veirs for two sold out shows at the Danforth Music Hall.
An accomplished co-writer, Lavery has worked with artists such as Dan Croll, Rosie Carney, Duke Special, Luke Sital Singh, AVEC, Axel Flovent, Joshua Burnside, Joshua James, Charles, Lila Vargen, Niamh Regan and Roe. He co-founded and runs the only songwriting camp in the north of Ireland, ‘Soft Gut Song Camp’.
Ciaran Lavery released his latest EP Not Nearly Dark (10 Years Later) with his new label home Nettwerk 2023. He is currently working on his new upcoming full-length album, due out in late 2024.
