Sarah Casey is sixteen years old, from County Kildare, and already writing with a confidence and clarity that stops you in your tracks. Growing up as a neighbour of A Lazarus Soul’s Brian Brannigan, she spent her childhood watching music being made from the inside out. It shows.
Her debut single Blind Eye turned heads earlier this year, picking up radio play across Ireland, earning Track of the Week on Spin Southwest, and drawing praise from BBC NI, who called her a “real talent.” For a debut, it was a remarkably assured piece of music, tackling addiction and the unfair judgment that surrounds it with an empathy that felt far beyond her years.
Now she is back with Point of View, the title track from her debut EP of the same name, out June 12th. Where Blind Eye looked outward, this one turns inward. It is about that familiar, quietly suffocating feeling of believing all eyes are on you, and the slow realisation that everyone around you is too caught up in their own lives to notice. Casey puts it simply: “most of the time nobody cares.” And somehow, coming from her, that lands as a comfort rather than a criticism.
Point of View is out Now. One to watch.
