# Artist To Watch – PATHS

- Link: https://indierockcafe.com/2017/03/artist-watch-paths/
- Published: 2017-03-08T11:06:03-05:00
- Author: Rick Sosa

During the past few weeks since her 2017 debut single, “Neoprene,” new **Belfast**
electronic alt. pop artist **Jule Shawe**, aka, **PATHS**, has garnered a good amount
of press coverage and fans in Ireland, the UK and abroad.

The single, with it’s interlacing and twinkling synth keys, set over a constant 
treble-clattering beat and soothed by Shawe’s whispery, sexy vocals, has been making
the rounds on the blogs recently, and was featured on the BBC, the artist of the
week in _Q Magazine_, and as a Nialler9 Song of the Week in the _The Irish Times_.

Her latest effort is the split single, “Right Beside You” – highlighted by looping
grooves, sparkling synths and booming beats – and “Last One Standing” a more subdued
and melancholic electronic pop tapestry, should make 2017 an exciting year for PATHS
and her growing fan base.

“I wanted to get three tracks out in a short timeframe to give listeners a full 
taste of my sound and felt that a single followed quickly by an A/B was the best
route,” Shawe says. “[The singles] were written and produced in close succession
and although different in sound, are all a lyrical reflection of relationship challenges.”

Her talents for assembling and manipulating diverse and multi-cultural samples that
match to East-Asian instruments were partially realized by producer and post-rock
front man **Rory Friers**, who has a new moniker – Thrash Hat. PATHS biggest musical
influences include Jamie XX, St Vincent, HAIM, Feist, Shura, Miike Snow and Foals.

**MP3**: [“Right Beside You”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/Right%20Beside%20You%20-%20PATHS.mp3)–**
PATHS**

[PATHS on Facebook](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/iampaths)

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