# BREN HOLMES Delivers New Album — Rooted in Rock and Americana - Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/bren-holmes-delivers-new-album-rooted-in-rock-and-americana/ - Published: 2021-09-29T16:00:00-05:00 - Author: Eugene Tierney [[ _“When you listen to Bren Holmes, everything automatically feels okay.”_ – **Americana Highways** _“Sometimes it just takes one song to pull you into a record…“Can’t Stop Thinkin’'” is maybe the hookiest song I have heard this year. It’s a bright, upbeat, stroller. I played it five more times after the first run-through. It’ll leave you with an ear worm that you’ll find impossible to shake.”_ – **Disciples Of Sound** _“…you won’t be surprised to learn that he was born in Ireland and spent nearly 30 years playing bass with L.A.’s Young Dubliners. You can hear the influence of Celtic music on some of the tracks, and the instruments include uilleann pipes, bodhran (a shallow Irish drum), and whistle. Still, this album—whose songs mostly address love lost and found—is rooted in rock and Americana.”_ – **_BlogCritics_** **BREN HOLMES** **Delivers EVERYTHING YOU NEVER WANTED and Leaves You With Everything You Will Forever Need.** **Long-time Young Dubliners bassist announces first-ever solo album release showcase, set for Los Angeles on Oct. 17, 2020** ![](https://i0.wp.com/mcusercontent.com/f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984/images/50dc80f2- 10a7-f770-d0d9-35596e05d8ba.jpeg?w=1290&ssl=1) **BREN HOLMES** Photo credit: **Michael Jacobson** **SEPTEMBER 28, 2021 (Los Angeles, CA) – **For thirty-plus years, **Bren Holmes** has been plying his craft as a musician, songwriter, and bandmate. As an original member of the beyond-beloved **The Young Dubliners**, this Los Angeles-by-way-of- Dublin bard has gigged all over the world–and lived to tell about it. With his debut solo album **_Everything You Never Wanted_** (released independently on September 17, 2021), he’s ready to relay those stories. In the fall of 2019, Bren decided to part ways with the band in the pursuit of a solo career. After several months, he put together a list of songs he had written and got together with co-producer** Bryan Dobbs** to present _**Everything You Never Wanted. **_  “Looking forward to my album release gig at Bardot, Hollywood in October.  It’s been two years in the making, and I’m now finally able to safely play some of these songs in a live setting, for the first time,” says Holmes.  On **October 17th**, Los Angeles will be witness to Bren’s style of Celtic charm-injected folkpop when he celebrates the album’s release at **[Bardot](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=27ea6333d2&e=615f2b8493)** at **Avalon Hollywood **(1737 Vine St. Hollywood, CA 90028. Doors at 4 p.m., 5 p. m. showtime. Free event. Love on your side(LC Blues) [⌊Love on your side(LC Blues)⌉⌊Love on your side(LC Blues)⌉ Watch this video on YouTube **BREN HOLMES – “Love On Your Side (LC Blues)”** While the music represents a departure of a fashion, _Everything You Never Wanted_ delivers deeply rooted, gritty Americana, timeless rock ‘n’ roll, and stripped-down pop, while smacking a wee bit with a kind of Hibernian melancholy and Irish fighting spirit.  _“I don’t set out to write a particular song or music,”_ Holmes observes from the nice, warm, woodsy flat he’s spent quite a bit of time missing during his years on the road. _“Whatever comes out, I just go with it,”_ he confides in the nice, warm brogue that he’s charmingly retained. _“There’s no particular theme to the record, either. As a sort of an outsider looking in, I’d say it’s about loss and heartbreak over a long span of time.”_ Bren himself is so naturally chummy and affable that it’s no wonder he’s got so many of his super-talented L.A. friends to make _Everything You Never Wanted_ a reality. The album features contributions from ** Brett Anderson** (_The Donnas_), **Cindy Wasserman** (_Dead Rock West_), Bassist** Jayson Sites **(Half Pint Jones), ace session drummer **Dave Raven** (_Keith Richards, Nellie McKay, John Doe_), violinist **Rachel Grace **(_Foo Fighters, Usher, Annie Lennox_), keyboardist **Tim Boland**, drummer **Ward Poulos**, as well as Holmes’ fellow Dublin ex-pat **Pat D’Arcy **on uilleann pipes, bodhran, and whistles. **TOUR DATES:** October 17  – [Bardot](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=6032fa74af&e=615f2b8493)_, _Los Angeles, CA _(Album release show)_ ![](https://i0.wp.com/mcusercontent.com/f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984/images/61978ea9- 5307-1c7a-d5fd-d01e624c30c0.png?resize=243%2C243&ssl=1) **_EVERYTHING YOU NEVER WANTED_** [Sweet Talkin’ Angel](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=4ab83bcb59&e=615f2b8493) [You Say](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=e63fb4445b&e=615f2b8493) Can’t Stop Thinkin’ No Return Ugly [Love on Your Side (LC Blues)](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=da54966517&e=615f2b8493) SOS Pieces Take It All Away Somewhere (Ode to Shane) _Everything You Never Wanted_, like its clever (but not too much so, if you know what I mean) title, is an album that’s replete with a thoughtfulness that crescendos into loveliness. Holmes’s confident and inviting voice comes on like a lullaby with a bite. _Everything You Never Wanted_ was co-produced by **Bryan Dobbs** (Brett Anderson, Rattle The Knee) and was released on September 17, 2021. Sweet Talkin' Angel [⌊Sweet Talkin' Angel⌉⌊Sweet Talkin' Angel⌉ Watch this video on YouTube **Bren Holmes – “Sweet Talkin’ Angel”** YOU SAY LYRIC VIDEO [⌊YOU SAY LYRIC VIDEO⌉⌊YOU SAY LYRIC VIDEO⌉ Watch this video on YouTube **Bren Holmes – “You Say” Lyric Video** **[Facebook](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=c36e5186a1&e=615f2b8493) | [Instagram](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=64300e91ad&e=615f2b8493)** ### Share this: * [ Facebook ](https://www.nyrdcast.com/bren-holmes-delivers-new-album-rooted-in-rock-and-americana/?share=facebook) * [ X ](https://www.nyrdcast.com/bren-holmes-delivers-new-album-rooted-in-rock-and-americana/?share=x) * [ Email ](https://www.nyrdcast.com/bren-holmes-delivers-new-album-rooted-in-rock-and-americana/?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20BREN%20HOLMES%20Delivers%20New%20Album%20--%20Rooted%20in%20Rock%20and%20Americana&body=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nyrdcast.com%2Fbren-holmes-delivers-new-album-rooted-in-rock-and-americana%2F&share=email) * [ LinkedIn ](https://www.nyrdcast.com/bren-holmes-delivers-new-album-rooted-in-rock-and-americana/?share=linkedin) * [ Mastodon ](https://www.nyrdcast.com/bren-holmes-delivers-new-album-rooted-in-rock-and-americana/?share=mastodon) * [ Nextdoor ](https://www.nyrdcast.com/bren-holmes-delivers-new-album-rooted-in-rock-and-americana/?share=nextdoor) * [ Pinterest ](https://www.nyrdcast.com/bren-holmes-delivers-new-album-rooted-in-rock-and-americana/?share=pinterest) * [ Reddit ](https://www.nyrdcast.com/bren-holmes-delivers-new-album-rooted-in-rock-and-americana/?share=reddit) * [ Tumblr ](https://www.nyrdcast.com/bren-holmes-delivers-new-album-rooted-in-rock-and-americana/?share=tumblr) ### Like this: Like Loading… ### _Related_