Sorcha Richardson

Born in Dublin and raised in Dalkey, Sorcha Richardson crafts a songwriting voice that sits between pop, indie lo-fi, folk rock and synth-pop, with a marked taste for restrained arrangements and intimate storytelling. After emerging in the early 2010s, she released the EPs Sleep Will Set Me Free (2012) and Last Train (2013), before spending several years in Brooklyn, where she studied creative writing and honed a more personal approach to composition. Returning to Dublin at the end of 2017, she became more clearly part of the contemporary Irish scene, playing at Longitude Festival in 2018 and collaborating with All Tvvins. Her debut album, First Prize Bravery, appeared in 2019 and established a repertoire in which light electronic textures intersect with very direct singer‑songwriter writing. The same year she featured on the track "Butterflies" with Soulé and Elaine Mai. In 2020 she released the EP Isolation Home Recordings, and her second album, Smiling Like an Idiot, followed in 2022, extending a melodic register that blends confession, alternative pop and discreetly atmospheric production.