DAMIEN DEMPSEY - Hold Your Joy - 2LP - Transparent Orange Vinyl [OCT 25]

2LP - Limited edition transparent orange vinyl housed in a gatefold sleeve.

Featuring 16 new songs, ‘Hold Your Joy’, marks his first album of new music since Soulsun in 2017. Damien Dempsey’s song writing career spans more than twenty-five years and has seen him perform with luminaries such as Sinead O’Connor, John Grant, Imelda May, The Dubliners, Lisa O’Neil, Maverick Sabre as well as supporting the likes of Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Morrissey and Willie Nelson on tour.

Over the course of his remarkable career, Damien has established himself as one of Ireland’s most beloved artists. His work is known for his truthful and emotive lyrics, celebrating how music can move us all. Drawing influence from the likes of Bob Marley, Christy Moore, Luke Kelly and Shane MacGowan, the chart-topping singer songwriter has crafted a unique, soulful sound, centred around his powerful voice.

In 2023, Damien performed 20 critically acclaimed sold out shows at the Abbey Theatre with “Tales from the Holywell’, where we saw one of Ireland’s great musical storytellers perform onstage like never before. Also in 2023, Damien’s second album ‘Seize The Day’, went on to top the Irish album charts, twenty years after release, following it’s reissue on vinyl. This marked Damien’s third Irish number one album to-date.


As with his legendary Vicar Street Christmas shows, Damien’s summer evening shows in Dublin’s Iveagh Gardens and St Patrick’s day show in London have become unmissable events on the live calendar.

Tracklist: 

Side A
1. Hold Your Joy
2. I Can Feel Your Presence
3. Louise
4. Hope Calling

Side B
5. Factory John
6. We are the Love
7. Landlords in the Government
8. Shine

Side C
9. Devil's Dandruff
10. Ray of Sun
11. Let it Go
12. Good Morning

Side D
13. James McClean
14. Born to Love
15. Push Through the Blue
16. Love is the Bomb