Jamie Dalton arrives from Dublin with songs that feel instantly familiar — warm, clear-eyed sketches of growing up, moving on, and trying to love a place that doesn’t always love you back. His debut single “This Town” captures that push-and-pull beautifully: a bittersweet tribute to Donaghmede, full of affection, frustration and the kind of honesty you only get from someone who knows the streets by heart.

His writing is understated but quietly striking. Acoustic melodies drift with ease, carried by a voice that holds both grit and softness, and lyrics that linger on the everyday details — the friends leaving, the ones who stay, the corners of a city that shape you long after you think you’ve outgrown them. There’s a warmth to his delivery that pulls you in without ever raising its voice.

Expect something tender, grounded and genuinely heartfelt from one of Ireland’s most promising new voices.