CONOR MARCUS announces new single ‘Hold Me Close Again’ – Listen Now

CONOR MARCUS announces new single ‘Hold Me Close Again’ - Listen Now

Fresh from his success on ITV’s The Voice Kids UK, one of Ireland’s rising artists Conor Marcus is pleased to announce the release of his new single ‘Hold Me Close Again’. The single release kick starts a huge year for the Co. Down artist, with a collection of new music planned for 2020.

Speaking about the track, Conor said; “I wrote this song a few months ago, after seeing an artist called Travis Gilbert. The song is about my regrets and things I maybe wish I had done but wasn’t brave enough to do at the time.

The song sounds great acoustically, but when I heard the finished track in the studio, I couldn’t wait to put it out and I really hope that people will relate to the sentiment in this song.”

Listen to ‘Hold Me Close Again’ – BELOW:

Conor wrote his first song when he was nine, but he wasn’t sure of his ability until he came up with ‘That Girl I Met’ when he was twelve. A year later, he performed the song at his blind audition on ITV’s The Voice Kids UK and it helped him reach the semi-finals, mentored by Danny Jones from McFly.

Conor is an accomplished busker. The discerning shoppers of Dublin and Belfast have rated him, as have the busking community. This teenager enjoys an audience and looks to artists like Ed Sheeran and Foy Vance as models of popular credible strummers.

Conor is the youngest ever participant on the prestigious Oh Yeah Music Centre’s development programme Scratch My Progress supported by PRS and The Musician’s Union.

He chose ‘Looking Down On Me’ https://vimeo.com/364534001 to release as his first single, with lyrics inspired by the death of a friend’s father. The song is both poignant and catchy. Conor puts a lot of faith into lyrics and emotions that have a common touch. “I like songs that people can relate to, about things that people have experienced.”

Conor has experienced a great deal in his fourteen years and is only beginning to blossom and thrive.

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Mark Millar is the founder of XS Noize and looks after the daily running of the website as well as hosting interviews for the weekly XS Noize Podcast. Mark's favourite album is Achtung Baby by U2.

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