Downpatrick singer Lucy releases her debut single

Downpatrick singer Lucy releases her debut single

19 July 2023

A DOWNPATRICK musician has released  her first single as a solo-artist from her new upcoming EP, ‘Emotion Pending’.

Lucy Bell has combined her distinctive voice with folk infused tones and pop sensibilities to pen her first single ‘Quiet’, which was released on July 14.

It is the first single from Emotion Pending which is due to be released on August 11 with single seeing Lucy write from a personal perspective.

“Quiet is the song that means the most to me out of everything I’ve written,” she said. “It’s the one I’m proudest of. Following themes of love, naivety, self and regret, it closes the door on accepting the past in order to move on.”

The EP delves into the melancholic process of heartbreak and mirrors the resultant five stages of grief; denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.

The journey of Lucy’s story is one of hard work and persistence

In 2018, she was awarded the Pan-arts Young Singer Songwriter of the Year and Lucy went on to Nashville and was part of a number of showcase performances which included a television performance that was aired throughout America and a slot in the famous Bluebird Café.

Lucy has carved a name for herself in festivals throughout Northern Ireland and played to an audience of 10,000 at Dalriada Festival and has also performed on the main stage at the ‘Live at Botanic Gardens and ‘Belfast Pride’ at the City Hall Belfast to name a few.

She has featured on television and radio such as BBC Radio 6, Cool FM, BBC Arts Show, Radio Ulster, Downtown and UTV as well as featuring in the Hot Press Magazine as a ‘Rising artist you should watch for’.

Lucy’s music has garnered widespread acclaim with her releases to date and found support in BBC 6 Music’s Tom Robinson who described ‘Love Me The Most’ as “low-key, beautifully produced venom.”

BBC Radio 1’s Gemma Bradley played ‘Fire and Smoke’ on her Introducing show while declaring: “I Just love how that chorus s – I can’t get enough of it.”

Closer to home, Irish music institution Hot Press said “the sky is most definitely the limit for this hugely gifted young performer” while Gigging NI held nothing back saying “Lucy is a revelation – a powerful voice with an edge to it.”

BBC Radio Ulster’s Mari-Louise Muir also had high praise for her, she said: “What a heart stoppingly beautiful voice. A tremendous singer-songwriter.”