Niall McDowell

'Put Your Hands Where I Can See Them', the debut LP from Irish singer-songwriter Niall McDowell, is a capsule of stories; inspired by the eclecticism of Arthur Russell and the performance art of Laurie Anderson, they sought to find a realm for their already off-kilter country music to exist within, using analogue technology and working with producer Chris W. Ryan (Robocobra Quartet, Chalk) to weave in moments of magical realism, strengthening the song-writing and providing a fitting backdrop beyond the veil to explore the album’s themes.

The result is a thoughtful meditation on the chaos of grief, the tribulations of the queer experience, and the singer’s complicated relationship between the two; a diaristic exploration of the personal, the political and the unknown.

'Put Your Hands Where I Can See Them', the first record from Niall McDowell, is out now via TULLE.