Irish trio NewDad have released the final glimpse of their upcoming album Altar, and it’s just what we wanted. Fresh off the back of their debut record last year, the Irish trio are growing from strength to strength, and ‘Everything I Wanted’ is hard proof that they are not slowing down.
The alt-rock trio’s sound remains quintessentially NewDad, as singer Julie Elisabeth Dawson’s ethereal vocals float around the track, softening the harder elements. The band balances a gentle soundscape composed of dreamy reverb guitars and delicate vocals with the harder reality of their lyrics (“left my mind in a dark place / I can’t correct my mistakes”) and the heavy drums. Perhaps one of their softer releases so far, this track remains infectious.
Speaking of the song, Julie Dawson took to Instagram saying: “I wrote it almost two years ago when I was missing Ireland, coming to grips with the reality of this job, and the pull from home.”
It’s about achieving your dreams and yet feeling like something is missing. It’s about knowing you should be happy, but for some reason, you aren’t. It’s about the constant run for something else, and yet “life’s everything I wanted”.
NewDad’s latest release is everything we could have wanted. The trio masterfully blend calm instruments with the disorder of lyrics that reflect an inability to be satisfied, and they promise a tasteful LP on 19 September.
Words by Lucy Bower
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