#faye o'rourke

[popstarryeyed]

anyways who cares about taylor swift new hozier this month and new mitski and soda blonde next month

[fyeahlittlegreencars]

Little Green Cars - The Factory (Live at the Ruby Sessions)

December 2017

Little Green Cars performing The Factory (Live at the Ruby Sessions) Filmed by Ray Keogh (http://RayKeoghMedia.com/)

[fyeahhozier]

@IMP_HOUR at the Sugar Club 11/1/2017

The IMP HOUR event was put on by Faye O’Rourke (of Little Green Cars) and Susannah Appleby. 

This from their FB page:

“ We would like to extend an invitation to all you wonderful folks out there to our first ever Imp Hour Event! We feel compelled to put on such an event as these issues are close to our hearts and there hasn't really been anything quite like it before. Our main goals are to empower and inspire with our panel of fantastic people, as well as bringing up the important topics surrounding issues of gender in an accessible way, for men and women alike. All proceeds will be going to the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre. We will be taking donations on the night, selling limited edition posters by artist and musician Stevie Appleby as well as raffle tickets for some glorious prizes such as: Forever Feral goodie bag, nail voucher for Jenny Wong Nails, 2 Weekend camping tickets for Spirit of Folk Festival, gift vouchers and many more... “

Photos by Dara Munnis. 

[willowgast]

tagged by @tillystudies for a fun little getting-to-know-you-better Thing. i like fun little Things so here we go:

last song: hayloft ii by mother mother

last show: heartstopper

currently watching: demon slayer

currently reading (hold on this is gonna be a long one): the left hand of darkness by ursula k le guin; the transgender issue by shon faye; on being different by merle miller; the pink line by mark gevisser; transgender marxism, eds. jules joanne gleeson & elle o'rourke; violence & risk in medieval iceland by oren falk; and the priory of the orange tree by samantha shannon

i am not going to tag anyone because i am too socially burnt out today to fret over which nine mutuals to pick but hey if we're mutuals i probably think you're cool so go ahead and do this if you want to. is all chill

[epoxyconfetti]

Irish female artists unite for incredible cover of Cranberries song.

Imelda May, Tolu Makay, Erica Coady and Una Healy amongst many others including Laoise, Soulé, Stephanie Rainey, Sibéal, Caroline Corr, Moya Brennan, Emma Langford, Saint Sister, Fia Moon, Melina Malone, Lilla Vargen, Ailbhe Reddy, Aimée, Áine Cahill, Allie Sherlock, Elaine Mai, Eve Belle, Faye O'Rourke, Lisa Hannigan, Loah, Lyra, Niamh Farrell, Orla Gartland, Pillow Queens, Roe, Róisín O, RuthAnne, Wyvern Lingo, Aoife Dennedy, Louize Carroll, Lucia McPartlin, Maria O'Connor, Maria Ryan, Sarah Lynch and Theodora Byrne

[pinkishpupils]

You look a bit like Faye O'Rourke (very pretty Irish singer) but with blonde hair

oooo she cute she cute thank you 👀✨

[becometheflowers]

Some serious bad assery going on in this song

[popstarryeyed]

43 85 99?

43. all-american bitch - olivia rodrigo

best song on the album fr

85. castles crumbling - taylor swift ft. hayley williams

azulacore

99. the new lovers dance - soda blonde

BUT MAYBE I SHOULD MIND MY GODDAMN BUSINESS, HEY NOW

faye o'rourke's voice just tugs at my heartstrings every time. it's visceral

[fyeahlittlegreencars]

Faye O'Rourke (Little Green Cars) - Songs in the Key of Life

March 2017

Faye O'Rourke has experienced more amazing moments in music, in her 24 years on earth, than many Irish musicians have managed at twice her age.

As a vocalist and guitarist with Little Green Cars, the Dubliner has toured the world, released two hit albums, and played huge US festivals such as Coachella. On the show, Faye spoke about how being thrust into the limelight so early was both a blessing and a curse.

"I always enjoyed singing and knew I could sing," she said. "But when it became my job, there was an added pressure. I was massively out of my comfort zone for a long time. At festivals you're sandwiched between massive acts: it can be intimidating. I spent a portion of that feeling like a bit of a phony. It's kind of only now that I'm coming into it and enjoying it. People come to see the show, not the record. It's about embracing that."

Faye loves a huge variety of artists -- her playlist was a joy to behold, incorporating acts as diverse as Bjork, Grace Lightman, The Streets and The Blue Nile. "The way Bjork sings, I don't think you could even call it singing," Faye said. "It's like a big spear that stabs you in the chest. Her insides are on display."

Faye's Playlist:

Smashing Pumpkins 'Tonight, Tonight' Bjork 'Joga' Grace Lightman 'Repair Repair' The Streets 'Has it Come to This' Little Green Cars The Blue Nile 'Tinseltown in the Rain' Barq 'Gentle Kind of Lies No Doubt 'Hella Good' Laura Marling 'Wild Fire' Gypsies on the Autobahn 'Undo your Dress'

[tweensensation]

MY LIL’ PADS OF KERRYGOLD ;)

[foambuffalo]

Sugar Skull Faye

[toomanytoship]

Kitchen Floor ~ Little Green Cars. Fay’s voice on this is just amazing.

'You lie awake and try to make amends cause you're not sleeping. I’ll sit at home, you’ll never know the things you made me think of..'

[becometheflowers]

The world is a web And it’s caught you and me And giving up Feels like getting free

[popstarryeyed]

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hiii <3

8. an artist you think is underrated

oh god. so many. the big one that's coming to mind right now is marika hackman, bc she's sonically in that popular "sad girl" indie rock genre (i know a lot of the artists chafe at the label and i get it but also i don't know how else to lump them together) your mitski lucy dacus phoebe bridgers etc. but she doesn't really get included in a lot of the lyric compilations and doesn't seem to get a lot of the shine. there's a lot of reasons for that (her last album was in 2019 and others have had more recent releases, she's british and a lot of these other artists are american, she's a bit more folk than rock or pop) but i can't help but feel like it's a bit unfair. people were calling hozier a spooky lesbian forest spirit when she - an actual lesbian - released we slept at last, a gorgeous spooky forest-y album, in 2015. people lament "sanitized" queer representation, and her 2019 album any human friend has quite a few songs about explicit lesbian sexuality. i feel like she has a lot of what people want in media but they don't know about her.

check out "deep green" & "before i sleep" for the spooky forest vibes, "boyfriend" & "i'm not where you are" for the indie-rock vibes.

oh also! speaking of artists similar to popular artists, irish band soda blonde had a very similar arc to mitski & laurel hell with their 2021 album small talk - they were more of a folk rock band in their previous iteration as little green cars, but when they reformed the band (a member had to leave for health reasons) they went in a more dance-y, pumped up direction. the lead singer faye o'rourke, like mitski, has a very rich emotive voice that makes the direction work, and faye's vulnerable lyrics were giving me comfort long before i discovered mitski. check out "swimming through the night" and "the dark trapeze".

(long time followers of this blog have probably heard me rec both of these artists before. i'm not sorry.)

11. a popular song you think is Good, Actually

i was stunned when i first heard no children by the mountain goats. like i was super late to the game so i had years of hype about the mountain goats and all the tiktok virality to raise my expectations and then it was actually as good as people said. like, it was less sad and mopey than i expected, but honestly that was a pleasant surprise. it's not a funny song exactly but it's got this bitter sarcastic edge that highlights a totally different side of the relationship-grieving process. it's about all the unpleasant cruel petty feelings we often feel - the desire to see the person who caused our suffering suffer as we did, the desire to wallow and moan forever instead of moving on. there's not many songs that deal with that so directly.

14. an unpopular music opinion

taylor swift haters are one thousand percent more cringe than taylor swift stans. yeah uncritical praise is dumb but at least they're enjoying themselves, taylor swift haters are just like. misogyny but it's okay bc she's a white woman who's famous and makes bad music sometimes

18. a song or lyric that reminds you of the asker

you know. the entire crazy ex-girlfriend soundtrack. titanic rising by weyes blood. smoke signals - phoebe bridgers. stuff we've discussed.

24. a song people often misinterpret

i'm sure there are lots i could get up in arms about but the only one that's coming to mind is the sexy baby line from anti-hero. like taylor's got lots of cringe lyrics, plenty on that album specifically, but they all work on anti-hero bc it's self-aware - the problem is me! admitting your insecurities is often cringe and embarrassing. insecurities are often irrational and ridiculous. that's the point.

music asks

[resonatingqueens-blog-blog]

Little Green Cars

[ijustwannaopenyoureyes]

I love in MLTMDTTRTSM it's just like my love took me down to the river to silence me my love took me down to the river to silence me over and over and you think it can't get any more beautiful but then Faye just bursts out MY LOVE TOOK ME DOWN TO THE RIVER TO SILENCE ME and I can't deal with that song.