GAVIN FRIDAY Dedicates New Intimate Piece ‘STATIONS OF THE CROSS’ To Late Friend SINEAD O’CONNOR
New striking strokes
6 October 2024
Irish art-pop artist GAVIN FRIDAY was the flamboyant and theatrical
spearhead of new art wave act Virgin Prunes (1977-1986). Afterward
he followed his own artistic path.
On 25th October Friday has his 5th longplayer, baptized
Ecce Homo out, his first in 13 years. Pre-order info here.
Press info: There are love songs and fight songs, reflections on loss
and reveries of nostalgia, anthems for solidarity and excoriations of the
powerful. Friday thinks it’s the most honest album he’s ever made; it is
also his most riveting.
Photo credit: Barry McCall
Following the superb lead single/title track
Ecce Homo we get a more intimate piece.
STATIONS OF THE CROSS leans more into gothic, ballad territory with ambulating industrial rhythms, pensive horns, and palpitating synth work. Thematically, it is a tormented love song, centred around a relationship caught in a vicious circle. The
song is dedicated to the late great Sinead O’Connor, who was a friend of Friday.