As part of his Redesign tour Ryan McMullan is coming to Monroe’s in Galway this April 15th with special guest Donegal based artist Ramper.

In 2022, just after lockdown, Ryan was poised on the brink of stardom, ready to release his debut album Redesign and embark on a world tour that would surely secure his place as an artist with real staying power. There was even a film made documenting the album-making process: Debut directed by award-winning filmmaker Brendan J. Byrne and shown at Galway Film Fleadh and on the BBC.

But suddenly Ryan had to cancel everything due to a severe mental health crisis.

The version of Redesign that you hear today is down to a recalibration of Ryan’s sound and aesthetic, but it also refers to a redesign of his mind, too. There are undoubtedly some upbeat pop bangers on Redesign, not least fan favourite ‘Bowie on the Radio’, a song that Ryan holds dear to his own heart, the gleeful canter of ‘Us’, and the rousing ‘Real Love’, a song that came about when Seán Óg Graham and Niamh Dunne of Northern Irish folk band Beoga invited Ryan to their studio in Portglenone, Co. Antrim to write. The session went so well that Graham was soon installed as the producer of the new version of Redesign.

Having already established himself as a talent to be reckoned with, even bigger things await Ryan McMullan this upcoming year. Writing an album about love in its various forms – love for his family, his new wife, his friends or even his business associates – has aptly set the scene for an illustrious future, and there is talk of how album number two will take another creative leap forward.