Artist
Declan McKenna
Declan McKenna is an indie artist from Hertfordshire, UK formed in 2015. 24 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Indie · Hertfordshire, UK · Best indie albums
- 24
- Releases
- 2015–2025
- Active years
- 2015
- Formed
Artist
Declan McKenna is an indie artist from Hertfordshire, UK formed in 2015. 24 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Indie · Hertfordshire, UK · Best indie albums
Most popular
What Do You Think About the Car?
2017
It might never end (feat. Declan McKenna)
Single · 2025
Champagne / That's Life
Single · 2024
Mulholland's Dinner and Wine
Single · 2024
Elevator Hum
Single · 2023
Nothing Works
Single · 2023
Slipping Through My Fingers
Single · 2023
Sympathy
Single · 2023
Rapture (Georgia Remix)
Single · 2021
My House
Single · 2021
Deezer Sessions
EP · 2020
The Key to Life on Earth (TSHA Remix)
Single · 2020
Zeros (Stripped)
EP · 2020
Regurgitated
Single · 2019
British Bombs
Single · 2019
The Kids Don't Wanna Come Home (Single Version)
Single · 2017
Humongous (Single Version)
Single · 2017
Isombard (clipping. Float On Remix)
Single · 2016
Bethlehem
Single · 2016
Isombard
Single · 2016
Paracetamol
Single · 2015
Brazil
Single · 2015
British indie singer/songwriter Declan McKenna first emerged in 2015 with the shimmering, politically charged single "Brazil," which directly addressed the corruption scandal then engulfing soccer's governing body, FIFA. The teenaged Hertfordshire native had only a handful of self-released tracks to his name, having uploaded them to his Bandcamp page. Obsessed with Bowie and with an attitude recalling the Libertines and Jamie T., McKenna blended bright indie pop with textural lo-fi. As "Brazil" gained traction throughout 2015, McKenna's star began to rise, and that summer he took home the Glastonbury Festival's coveted Emerging Talent prize. Hyperbolically dubbed "the voice of a generation," he signed a management contract with industry giant Q-Prime, leading to a bidding war which resulted in his signing to Columbia. His follow-up single, "Paracetamol," arrived in November 2015, proving that he was no one-hit wonder. The EPs Stains and Liar followed in 2016, along with a string of socially conscious singles tackling such weighty topics as police brutality, religion, and terrorism. All six of his previously released singles eventually wound up on his bright, eclectic debut album, W…
