echo northstar

echo northstar is an Irish artist creating songs & soundscapes from a southeast seaside village and is currently in the final stages of production on his debut ep.

long afloat amongst the tides of joy and desolation, echo northstar meets his audience with a new sonic landscape.
echo's roots in post punk, shoegaze, noise rock and ambient meld to create moments of destruction and fragility both on record and in a live setting.

sharp focus has been on the live set with support and headline shows nationwide - special guest for Search Results, Thee UFO, Cardinals, Yenkee, Skinner and Cable boy.
Workman's end of year ball 2024 and Whelan's Ones to Watch '25 Main stage.

Echo is currently prepping live show as special guest for LA shoegaze band Julie in Whelans on March 16th - Sold out show.

September 13 2024 - 'Creatures' release ‘If I had somewhere to fall inside. It was all at once when you were mine’ .
January 1st 2024, dreamy single ‘waking up’ released, accompanied by an ambient B side 'telegraph lines'.
Dan Hegarty’s 2fm The Alternative featured ‘waking up’ as his Track of the Week & it made Nialler 9’s 10 new songs to hear this week.

“stirring stripped back piano, rich with ghostly vocals” - Chordblossom - Best of Irish January.

'waking up' is “the essence of joy and destruction in childhood, finding an old toy and rediscovering the ancient secrets it holds. Echo.

Following the success of his 80s gothic dream pop single ‘silent fears’, summer 2023 saw Echo tout a suitcase of songs on a UK & European tour at the invite of LA shoegaze band julie
playing sold out shows at The Moth Club, London,
YES The Pink Room, Manchester,
Artheater, Cologne &
the legendary King Tuts, Glasgow

“the artist has released a handful of cavernous singles so far, ‘someone else’ is a bittersweet ode to what-ifs, and the hooks on ‘silent fears’ will marinate your brain for days on end”
March 2023. So young magazine, UK.

Echo Northstar showcase gig for So Young May 2023, The Social, London, along with She’s in Parties & Oslo Twins.

Check out ‘silent fears’ official video - an experiment in guerilla filming and technology, made and edited by brother Oisín/Horoshokino. Shot on Mobile phone, on run, through liminal spaces.