Arthur Valentine: Cork act on fire with catchy tunes recorded during lockdown
Arthur Valentine. Picture: Nicholas O'Donnell
Current-day devotees of Leeside music can’t have failed to notice the work of the HAUSU collective in recent years. A group of musicians, filmmakers, designers and programmers working together to pool resources and provide a banner for their own solo projects, their hard graft and innovation has seen them slowly garner a reputation for DIY ingenue.
Among their number is Cork city-based singer-songwriter Luke Aston, aka Arthur Valentine. Transmuting personal, yet instinctively simple tunes to lush production reminiscent of the likes of Frank Ocean, Valentine has impressed critics and earned plaudits for his live appearances.
