Northern Ireland-based singer songwriter Kid Apollo has featured on the blog a couple of times before now and I always look forward to hearing more of his music. His latest was written after a bad bout of COVID and it’s called Smokescreen.

By Graeme Smith

Feature photo by Rory Maguire Visuals

Kid Apollo is a rocker but Smokescreen has a gentler sound to it. Acoustic guitar gives it a raw sense of immediateness and lets his poetic lyrics take centre stage. In them, he mixes the personal with commentary of the wider world, painting a picture of feeling left behind. It comes into stark sharpness during a soaring, emotive chorus.

Smokescreen is another great offering from an artist who really has set himself apart from his contemporaries. You can give it a listen below.

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