Meryl Streek Announces “Songs For The Deceased” Album & Shares New Single “Paddy”

Fast rising and exciting punk producer & performer Meryl Streek has announced his brand new album, Songs For The Deceased, is set for release on October 25th through Venn Records. Meryl Streek has also today released his brand new single and video, Paddy, and a November UK headline tour has also been announced with tickets going on sale on the 5th July.

Songs For The Deceased saw Meryl Streek enter the Dublin recording studio Darklands Audio with producer Dan Doherty. To push the music into new spaces, guest musicians were invited to collaborate on tracks along the way. Kingsley Hall (Benefits) provides spoken word to the album’s Interlude, Cal Graham (The Chisel) appears on forthcoming single Dogs and Oliver Ackermann (A Place to Bury Strangers) contorts his guitar sound for a truly experimental outro on Murder. Songs For The Deceased isn’t just about his hometown, it’s an album about people and their relationship with a society that continues to let them down. It’s a tale as old as time, on a global scale. There will always be stories to tell and injustices to highlight, and Meryl Streek won’t let us forget quickly.

“The album came about in bits and pieces due to the amount of gigging. I got so carried away with playing live I forgot about the recording side of things and what matters the most to me. I’m delighted to have some of my favourite artists on this record with me and very thankful that they are. It was only when I finished recording the new album I realised I had made a record that revolved around people and events around my hometown of Dublin. Now, I admit it’s not always a pretty picture I’m painting, and it probably never will be, but these are cases that desperately need awareness. This is a collection of stories about Betrayal, Murder, Injustice, and Corruption. It’s not just happening in Ireland, it’s happening around the world and we’re supposed to just take it lying down?” (Meryl Streek)