Moncrieff
Biography Moncrieff
Moncrieff
Having won the RTÉ Choice Music Prize for “Irish Song of the Year” 2022 (for last year’s smash single “Warm”) in 2023, Moncrieff has been busy in the studio, finishing off the new EP “Self-care,” a collection of nine new songs. Moncrieff also announced his debut album is ready, having recently been recorded between Grouse Lodge (Westmeath) and London.
A couple of EPs into his career, Moncrieff knows how to build soaring hooks and juxtapose calm verses and hugely explosive choruses, as was evident in his 2023 hit “Love Somebody”, “which is a celebration of seizing the moment to show someone how much they mean to you,” says Moncrieff about the song which was a top 10 at Irish radio for over ten weeks.
In love with classic Soul and R&B (Otis Redding, Etta James, and Ray Charles) as a teenager, music became increasingly important as an outlet for Moncrieff when suddenly his sister and, only two years later, his older brother passed away. After his debut single was played by Sir Elton John in his radio show, he kickstarted the latest chapter in 2022 when his single “Warm” (off the eponymous EP, released last September via Energie) went to the top 10 on Irish Radio and saw him perform on Germany’s ARD Network (“Frühstücksfernsehen”), clocking millions of streams/views along the way.
Following the release of his most recent “Highways & Hurricanes” EP, he is currently on his “biggest ever tour around Europe and the UK,” including headline shows in Poland, Holland, Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, the UK and Ireland - as well as a sold-out headline show at The Milk Market, Limerick.
