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Dot Dash Recordings Signs Melbourne Artist Ryan Downey To Roster

Staff Writer

Downey's new album is out in May!

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Aussie songwriter Ryan Downey has signed to Dot Dash Recordings ahead of his forthcoming album, A TON OF COLOURS.

The Melbourne artist will release the art-rock record on 14 May via Dot Dash/Remote Control Records, his first since 2018 debut Running.

Check out the video for the album's first single, Heart Is An Onion, below.

"It’s about empathy and looking into each other's human layers, seeing that we all have the same clunky, miraculous hearts underneath and finding resilience and magic in that connection," Downey said of the new track. 


To celebrate the single's release, Downey will perform launch shows in Sydney, Melbourne & Castlemaine this April.

For a look at all of the dates and venues, click on theGuide.