David Keenan wrote the ode to his hometown of Dundalk on the Irish border “El Paso” at 14.
Self educated and guided by his grandfather’s storytelling gift songwriting has always been a full time vocation. After a number of self released EPs his first album “A Beginner's Guide to Bravery" (2020) reached number 1 in the Irish indie Charts and was followed by the critically acclaimed second "WHAT THEN?" a year later. Other works include live album/concert film "Alchemy & Prose” and the d.i.y “CRUDE” records. With a reputation as a uniquely poetic singer-songwriter/storyteller and relentless live performer he has toured consistently from a young age across Ireland, the UK, Europe, North America and Australia with events including two headline nights in Dublin's Olympia theatre, the main stage of Electric Picnic, appearances at Lowlands, SXSW, Sydney Fest, Folk Alliance, Eurosonic, Glastonbury and Celtic Connections, residencies in Paris and New York's Irish Arts Centres & a recent headline show in Ireland’s National Concert Hall.
5 Stars - Irish Mail on Sunday Album of the week.
4 Stars - Albums of the Year-Sunday Times UK
4 Stars & Album of the Week UK Mail on Sunday
9/10 “My Album of the Year” John Walshe Hot Press Magazine
Odyssey Magazine: With Modern Mythologies, David Keenan doesn’t just return, the detonates. If music is a mirror, this album doesn’t show you a polished reflection, It shows you the cracked glass, the part that lets the light through.
Far Out Magazine: Keenan’s abilities are flaunted in abundance, and it’s a welcome return from an artist who is deserving of far more recognition for everything he’s doing to keep the storytelling tradition of his homeland alive.
“Keenan is an eloquent, occasionally conflicted man and a maverick songwriter for whom there are no obvious markers” -Tony Clayton-Lea- The Irish Times
“This is a David whose songwriting talent is Goliath-sized; it is the Dundalk man’s best yet, no less a lyricist than Leonard Cohen would have been proud of the truths so beautifully told on Incandescent Morning.”- Danny McElhinney
EARMILK "Modern Mythologies" is a place where fear and joy can coexist, stories can be a balm for our pain, and every person might see a piece of themselves reflected.
The Partaé: This is not a return to form; it is a reclamation. Modern Mythologies closes one chapter and opens another, leaving Keenan standing in full creative autonomy as he steps into a new era.
Melted Vox Mag Editor’s Pick
RTÉ Radio 1 Album of the Week
RTÉ 2 FM Jenny Greene Future Greatest Album
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