16 Jun 2014

Derry
Couldn't I Be The One

Starlet Records

WE SAY

Tim Hegarty is a songwriter and producer from Northern Ireland who has written in the past for the likes of Gloria Gaynor and D:Ream. Last year he formed the band Derry with four other talented musicians, based themselves in Bristol and are now on a mission to produce unapologetically retro-sounding hits. You'll hear the laid-back guitar style of The Eagles in here all set to a beautifully simple love song, the kind of thing that could easily work as an X Factor winner's debut hit. It was co-written by Tim with Martin Sutton, a name you'll see credited on tracks in the past decade by LeAnn Rimes and The Backstreet Boys. The band has already accumulated a couple of album's worth of fine songs in a similar style and will release their debut later this autumn. You'll enjoy the sweet little Lego-styled video too telling the tale of romance in a toy shop. We love championing all sorts of tracks here, whatever the genre and whatever the style. Some may say this sounds out-of-step with anything that's around in 2014 but actually, if anything, that's its strength. After all, great mass-appeal songs that connect with lapsed music-buyers will always shine through.

 

CONTACTS

Label: Starlet Records
Publishing: available
Radio: Judd Lander, Lander PR, +44 (0)20 8446 8881
Press & Online: Sam Giannini, +44 (
0)7932 820 952
TV: Rachel Cervonaro, Lander PR, +44 (0)20 8446 8881
Live & Management: Tim Hegarty, +44 (0)7785 118 020

 

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