Tom Dunne: These five songs saved the summer of 2023 for me
Watching the rise and rise of CMAT since the early days of lockdown has been one of the sweetest experiences of the last three years.
As the beating heat of the typical Irish summer finally relents, and the sun-tanned, unrecognisably mahogany faces of locals squint once again skywards and say "Oh thank god, autumn winds, relief at last," our minds turn to gentler pursuits.
In between days spent covering school books in wallpaper and telling our children "in our days, we didn't even have walls" we will find our minds drifting to thoughts of this year's best music; the albums, gigs, and songs that took our minds off climate change, Ryan Tubridy, and war in Europe.
