“I’ve been very protective of my up bringing because it’s been shown in a bad light. But in reality it’s the best gift I could have ever got.
So now I don’t just want to be protective of it, I want to shout it out. I do free singing classes and every time I end doing cart wheels coming out of it because I’m so proud and blown away by the talent the kids from my area have.”
– Gemma Dunleavy interview with The Last Mixed Tape (February 2020)
The title-track of Gemma Dunleavy’s outstanding debut E.P, ‘Up De Flats’ visualises the record’s core sense of community, roots, and what it means to the art Dunleavy creates via a montage of hazey imagery from her neighbourhood in Sheriff Street, Dublin.
One of the highlights of 2020, Gemma Dunleavy’s ‘Up De Flats’ is a moving melting pot of abstracted R&B set to a widescreen production, unique soundscapes and Dunleavy’s silk textured vocal.
Gemma Dunleavy will headline the Grand Social, Dublin in March2021.Up De Flats E.P. is out now.
“I’ve been very protective of my up bringing because it’s been shown in a bad light. But in reality it’s the best gift I could have ever got.
So now I don’t just want to be protective of it, I want to shout it out. I do free singing classes and every time I end doing cart wheels coming out of it because I’m so proud and blown away by the talent the kids from my area have.”
– Gemma Dunleavy interview with The Last Mixed Tape (February 2020)
The title-track of Gemma Dunleavy’s outstanding debut E.P, ‘Up De Flats’ visualises the record’s core sense of community, roots, and what it means to the art Dunleavy creates via a montage of hazey imagery from her neighbourhood in Sheriff Street, Dublin.
One of the highlights of 2020, Gemma Dunleavy’s ‘Up De Flats’ is a moving melting pot of abstracted R&B set to a widescreen production, unique soundscapes and Dunleavy’s silk textured vocal.
Gemma Dunleavy will headline the Grand Social, Dublin in March 2021. Up De Flats E.P. is out now.
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