A.S. Fanning

Berlin-based Irish gothic-folk songwriter A.S. Fanning crafts lyrically driven songs steeped in Irish literary tradition, folk music, and echoes of 60s psychedelia and rock ’n’ roll. Since releasing his debut single Carmelita on 7-inch vinyl in 2015, he has toured widely across Europe and beyond. His self-produced debut album Second Life (2017) was praised by The 405 as “an emotional joy ride… 8/10.” The follow-up You Should Go Mad (2020) was described by Clash as “the sound of an artist pushing himself to the brink.” With Mushroom Cloud (2023), hailed by Backseat Mafia as “a theatrical tour de force,” Fanning earned widespread acclaim, and was named Songwriter of the Year 2023 by Far Out Magazine. His fourth album, Take Me Back To Nowhere (2026), explores fracture, disorientation, and the instability of reality. Written while housebound with a broken wrist and inspired by Ursula K. Le Guin and J.G. Ballard, it embraces confusion as both theme and atmosphere — an intimate yet unsettling meditation on chaos, imagination, and the collapse of certaint