After years spent in a few dysfunctional or dead-end bands around Dublin, Irish songwriter Paddy Hanna decided to strike out on his own in 2014. His solo debut, that year's Leafy Stiletto, laid the groundwork for him establishing his own name. Abandoning of-the-moment indie trends that had pigeonholed his past projects, Hanna crafted a charmingly eccentric brand of '60s and '70s-indebted troubadour-rock that garnered him praise in his home country and elsewhere in Europe, marking him as one of the most promising young songwriters in Ireland. In February, Hanna will return with his sophomore effort, Frankly I Mutate. It's his...
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