Orla Gartland - Everybody Needs A Hero

So, you’ve come to terms with existing in an increasingly online world: bells and whistles, pits of despair and everything else in between. That is but the first aspect of modern life to be examined in ‘Everybody Needs A Hero’, and Orla Gartland hasn’t wasted much time in finding a new hyper fixation. This time, her own relationship becomes the focus of spiralling confusion.

An album of utter duality, ‘Everybody Needs a Hero’ is a second record of privilege and pain, joy and frustration, peace and chaos - as opener ‘Both Can Be True’ lays out, accepting all sides of yourselves and others is paramount and the simplest things can quickly become the most complex.

The delightfully rebellious ‘Little Chaos’ loudly bounces off the walls of any metaphorical box, while ‘Simple’ finds unrivalled solace in their corners. The Declan McKenna-featuring ‘Late To The Party’ suppresses jealousy of the echoes in someone else's head, while ‘Backseat Driver’ acknowledges the voices in your own. Lavishly frenzied soundscapes twist and turn around the odd acoustic ballad, mature tracklist curation showing an artist truly in her stride.