Irish singer-songwriter Ger Eaton shares “I Thought I’d A Friend”, an enchanting track from his debut album ‘Season Changes’, recently released via Peckham-based label Dimple Discs. The song arrives with a video by Damien Hickey and beautiful string arrangements, following previous singles “Season Changes”, “Hollow”, “The Time It Takes To Fall”, and recently-released live renditions of “Phoenix (Reborn)” and “Season Changes” recorded at Hyde Dublin. Eaton creates music with rich progressions from baroque pop and cinematic balladry to folk elements, laced with broad orchestral arrangements, drama, and honesty that carries echoes of Scott Walker, Jimmy Webb, Brian Wilson, and Ian Brown while maintaining a contemporary edge.
‘Season Changes’ chronicles the end of a long and significant relationship, mirroring the seasons as it charts the decay from glowing bloom of spring to wintery conclusion. “The songs were written about and recorded during the end of my marriage, and I decided from the off that the lyrics would be raw and honest. I felt I owed that much to myself,” Eaton says. “Musically, I wanted the arrangements and instrumentation to bring a lushness and drama that would wrap the words in the appropriate musical cloak. For me, music has always been a place where I can both lose and find myself, a solace, my Phoenix.” A singer and sonic auteur with flair for Renaissance Pop, Eaton is well known in his native homeland as a performer, his distinctive keyboards having graced many Irish bands over the last two decades while receiving recognition and support from music writers and radio programmers in Ireland, the UK, America, and further abroad.