BREN BERRY releases his huge new single 'Come Alive', out now

BREN BERRY releases his huge new single 'Come Alive', out now. 

“Sensation, absolutely brilliant! Bren Berry and Come Alive....majestic...it is a joy from beginning to end" 
“Another beaut of a song by Bren Berry. Guitars ring. Melodies swoon”

BREN BERRY
'Come Alive'
 
Here comes the summer! 
 
'Come Alive' is a big glowing earworm, a satellite of love bursting with grinning guitar riffs, glorious hooks and sun-kissed harmonies. 
 
Bren wrote this one in the summer of ’22, on his daughter Eve’s 21st birthday. “It’s about that magical feeling of a perfect day with friends and family - the sun’s shining, everyone’s in a great mood and loving being together, celebrating and listening to music,” recalls Bren. The song is a big widescreen, cinematic love song about family, friends, music and home. “I love that feeling of coming home, and feeling alive when you fly back into Dublin and you see the Poolbeg Towers and the city lights.”
 
The song was produced by Berry & Gavin Glass in Orphan Studios and mixed and mastered by Daniel James Goodwin in The Isokon, New York and Virginia. Berry & Glass are joined on the song by a killer rhythm section (Binzer Brennan on drums & Gavin Fox on bass) and glorious backing vocals from Yvonne Tiernan (The Raines), and Martin McCann & Gavin Fox from Sack.
 
'Come Alive' follows previous singles 'Winter Song', 'Beautiful Losers', 'Hairpin Bends' and the David Kitt remix of Beautiful Losers.  

Biography:
Bren Berry is a Dublin-based promoter who works for Aiken Promotions and programmes the iconic Vicar St venue. He was previously a guitarist in the John Peel endorsed Revelino, a 90’s guitar band committed to making perfect shimmering records, as they reached for the lofty melodic heights set by REM, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Velvet Underground and Television. Revelino released three albums and received much critical acclaim if not the accompanying international success, an elusive dream for most Irish music at the time. However, in Oct 2020, the band self-released a remastered vinyl edition of their self-titled 1994 debut album which stirred much excitement and went straight to No 1 in the Irish Indie Charts, proving there is a tender chapter in Irish music history written for these pop guitarniks. 
 
Enthused by this enduring love shown for Revelino's music, guitarist/backing vocalist Bren Berry did something he hadn't done in a very long time, dusting off his Rickenbacker and slowly beginning to channel his reflections into intimate songs. 
"Songwriting has always been an elusive mystery to me and I could never find my own singing voice. On Bob Dylan's 80th birthday, rather than murdering one of his songs, I was hit by the idea that a more suitable way to honour the occasion would be to try, somehow, to finally crack the songwriting code. Something clicked and once that world opened up for me, the songs started to flow for me." 
 
Reviews:
“Sensation, absolutely brilliant! Bren Berry and Come Alive....majestic...it is a joy from beginning to end" Tom Dunne, Newstalk FM 
“Another beaut of a song by Bren Berry. Guitars ring. Melodies swoon”
Tony Clayton Lea
“A glorious follow up to his previously released singles ‘Winter Song’ and ‘Hairpin Bends, Berry’s new track, “Beautiful Losers”, is a wash of love and tender intimacy.” Hot Press
 
“Winter Song has the vibe of a stone-cold classic.” Ralph McLean, BBC Radio Ulster
“Your ticker will probably skip a beat when you hear this lush dreamscape from the formidable Bren Berry and producer Gavin Glass. Swoonarama.” Eamon Carr
“Bloody great…that is Beautiful Losers”” Tom Dunne, Newstalk
“A magnificent song, beautiful production.” Philip King, South Wind Blows
“Beautiful.” John Creedon, RTE Radio One
“Shimmering slice of melancholy….a storming guitar solo.” NoMoreWorkHorse
“Gorgeous stuff.” Lillian Smith, RTE Radio One
“A voice much loved by the 8Radio massive!” Simon Maher, 8Radio
“The debut single from Bren Berry is something you really should listen to. Soothing strings, crunchy ice-under-foot guitar” Tony Clayton-Lea
“That is deadly - the new remix of Beautiful Losers by David Kitt” Aoife Scott, Late Date

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