Self-made man with Secret ambition

Paddy Casey may have parted ways with his record company, but his optimistic new album shows how he’s moving on, says Ed Power

PADDY CASEY is still angry. “I wasn’t annoyed my last record didn’t do the business,” says the Dublin-born singer-songwriter, “What got to me was that the label kind of gave up on it.”

Addicted to Company came out in 2007. It was the follow-up to Living, the multi-platinum LP that turned Casey into a star. The expectation was that Addicted would perform every bit as well. When it didn’t, relations with his label turned sour. There was a nasty falling out. Casey says he has moved on. But it is clear he remains upset.