Shimmer Boy shines again

The rising star from West Cork, Shimmer Boy, is back again with a brand new single ahead of his highly anticipated debut album landing in the summer.

‘Mine Again’ is the indie artist’s fourth single and marks a clear turning point in the unfolding story of his debut album ‘In The Aftermath, We Bloom’, due for release on 1 July.

The track, as Shimmer Boy (aka Aaron O’Sullivan) puts it, leans into the quiet process of internal change - shedding old identities, breaking emotional cycles, and stepping into a renewed sense of self. Where previous releases from Shimmer Boy explored rejection, emigration, and creative survival, this latest offering turns inward, capturing the moment where reflection turns to action.

For Shimmer Boy, ‘Mine Again’ explores what it means to take ownership of your life again, stepping away from external validation and rebuilding from within, even when that process is uncomfortable.

He says: “Mine Again is about that moment where you realise you’ve changed and there’s no going back. It’s about taking responsibility for yourself, your patterns, and choosing to evolve. It’s quiet, but it’s powerful.”

Produced by Brian Casey at Wavefield Studios, the track carries a subtle but unmistakable Irish sensibility - rooted not in cliché, but in atmosphere, tone, and emotional weight.

The single continues the momentum of Shimmer Boy’s emergence on the music scene, with initial single ‘Under the Surface’ featured on season 30 of the reality TV series ‘Made in Chelsea’, a significant breakthrough moment for the West Cork artist – while recent months have seen a string of successful live shows across Ireland and the UK, including a pop-up performance with Cian Ducrot in Cork earlier this year.

From West Cork, O’Sullivan has explored various musical pursuits since playing DeBarra’s Folk Club every Friday night at the age of 15. He has gigged extensively in Ireland and abroad since his teens, supporting and sharing the stage with the likes of Eric Bell (Thin Lizzy), James Arthur, Cory Wong, Ariel Posen (Vulfpeck/Bros Landreth), Kellie Lewis, and Culture Kid, as well as playing guitar with artists such as Oscar Blue, Stephanie Rainey, and Harry Hudson Taylor.

His upcoming debut album, ‘In The Aftermath, We Bloom’, brings together themes of loss, recovery, and starting again. Across the record, O’Sullivan confronts addiction, heartbreak, and migration, but the thread running through it is resilience and learning to move forward without losing yourself in the process.

With the album’s launch comes a string of live shows starting with a gig in Music Zone in Togher, Cork city, on 1 July. He then play’s Coughlan’s in Cork city on 3 July before shows in Dublin and Killarney on 7 and 9 July respectively.

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His new track ‘Mine Again’ is now available to stream on Spotify and various other streaming services.