LMINL

17/09/2025

My debut album, The Dance Hall, has been long-listed for the Album of the Year in the Northern Ireland Music Prize. You can vote for it to be on the short list for the award in November, so for the next few days I will be spamming you for your vote!

Go to the voting link below, scroll past all the other amazing albums that are just as deserving of your vote, and click on Lminl - The Dance Hall. Vote early and vote often, as we say in West Tyrone...

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd6LS1b6NVoAU0dGI6vBpvR8DvBmJFKQJ5FYiRVp7_1Dh-UeA/viewform?usp=header

26/05/2025

This one means a lot. A lot has been said about the health challenges that I faced making The Dance Hall but very little of the album addresses that as there was so much else happening in the world, or my world, at the time.

In the past few years, my mum has been going through health challenges of her own. Mary is my letter to her. A love letter. An apology that she would dismiss as unnecessary.

It features samples from the music box that features on the cover of the single, a gift that my dad gave to my mum at the early stages of their relationship, and builds into a defiant, cinematic wall of sound.

The single is out on Friday 30 May and features an amazing remix of Kodachrome by Drew Makes Noise, and and instrumental of Mary.

11/02/2025

2025 has begun with a lot of song writing on what (I hope) will be a second album but in the meantime, I'll be releasing Coloured In as a single on February 28th.

Eh? Coloured In? Sure, we've already heard it... I know, I know. But to lure you into revisiting my music, there will be a completely new version of Halo Light thrown in.

A remix is the common term, but that doesn't really cover it. It's a complete reimagining from the bottom up with very little that's recognisable from the original.

If anyone fancies some acapellas from the album to mess around with, by all means DM me and I'll send them over. I love hearing different takes on my music.

29/11/2024

With a month of album plays, here are the top 5 tracks from the album since launch. My top 5 would be a little different. What's your favourite track so far?

31/10/2024

I was live on BBC radio ulster last Saturday, chatting to John Toal about my music, hearing loss and how glasses are sexier than hearing aids… and at the end I got a free mug! This is the second BBC branded mug I’ve gotten. Any guesses who gave me my first?

You can listen to the interview on bbc sounds. I’m on after around 90mins. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0024cqt

Or better still, come along to the Oh Yeah centre on 7 November where I'll be chatting with Stephen McCauley about the album as part of Bonded.
https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Belfast/Oh-Yeah-Music-Centre/Bonded/40089821/

25/10/2024

It's my launch day and I'll spam if I want to, spam if I want to...
The Dance Hall, is now streaming from all the usual outlets. (Links below).

If you like it, please stream it loads! If you really, really, really like it, pop over to my bandcamp and buy a lovely high quality download. If you hate it, turn the sound off and stream it loads anyway.

With your help, I'm sure I can get the 8 million streams a year that I need to make minimum wage...

Massive thanks to everyone that helped me, especially Andrew, (AKA Drew Makes Noise), Ben, Ché (Ché Aimee Dorval), Dee, Charlene, Stuart, Sam, Geoff, Tim, & Stephen.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/4ArXsBVQMpjwc9kUnu5VK9...
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/the-dance-hall/1762276591
Amazon Music: https://amazon.co.uk/music/player/albums/B0DCSN2CVF...
Bandcamp:
https://lminl.bandcamp.com/album/the-dance-hall

If you're into gratuitous self-promotion can also find me on
instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lminl.music/
Threads: https://www.threads.net/.music
Twitter: https://x.com/LMINL_Music

Sadly I can't perform live (and lets face it, I'd have needed an orchestra to do some of the songs) but I'm having a listening event on November 7th and a chat about the album with Stephen McCauley as part of The Sound of Belfast. Think of it as a sort of live podcast. 'Mon down and say hello:
https://ohyeahbelfast.com/events/sound-of-belfast-bonded

I'll also be having a chat about the album with John Toal on Radio Ulster themarrra. Due to my hearing loss, the potential for hilarity when I mishear questions and answer with some mad nonsense, makes it worth tuning in.

13/10/2024

Massive thanks to Stuart Bailie for his review of The Dance Hall in the wonderful Nordy culture magazine Dig With It. Check it out now at digwithit.com

The Dance Hall is out on 25 October but you can preorder it now from Bandcamp.

20/09/2024

My debut single, Halo Light, is now streaming across all the usual streaming platforms and also, if I’m honest, loads I’ve never heard of (big shout out to all you Netease users out there).

If you’re not a streamer, you can buy a copy directly from my bandcamp:http://lminl.bandcamp.com/

Again, a huge thanks for the messages and support! You guys are the best 🥰

19/09/2024

Halo Light is out tomorrow, Friday 20 September, on all of the usual streaming platforms. Please, play it on repeat and add it to your playlists so that I can get £0.003 from the benevolent billionaire teat of Daniel Ek...

Thanks everyone for your comments and kindness. I'm now slightly less terrified of sharing the full album with the world.

16/09/2024

I've re-cut and re-scored the trailer to the Joker sequel with a cheeky orchestral cover. It is the ultimate story of a Bad Romance after all...

The Ultimate Bad Romance comes to the big screen this October: Joker: Folie à Deux This is a re-scored and re-cut trailer for Joker: Folie à Deux (2024), the...

15/09/2024

It's karaoke time...

The first single by LMINL from the 2024 album The Dance Hall. https://lminl.bandcamp.com/album/the-dance-hallFollow LMINLINSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/lmi...