With his new single “EDEN,” Irish singer-songwriter Garrett Anthony Rice continues to peel back the layers of his upcoming bold double album Equinox, inviting listeners into a rich, expansive sonic world where spiritual longing meets raw, grounded storytelling. Following the striking “Property,” which paid tribute to Pink Floyd’s Syd Barrett, “EDEN” turns inward—less confrontational, but equally fearless.
Opening Equinox with a spellbinding blend of Southern delta blues, rap-adjacent phrasing, and atmospheric gospel, Rice constructs a landscape that’s both ancient and forward-looking. It’s a genre-defying meditation that feels carved from stone and spun from dreams, saturated with moody Americana, yet dusted with the cinematic sweep of British alt-rock, especially in its nods to Richard Ashcroft and the textured emotionalism of The Verve.
Lyrically, “EDEN” is a journey, searching, elemental, and steeped in biblical undertones. Rice doesn’t handhold the listener; instead, he invites us to wander with him, questioning what paradise means in a world where beauty and brokenness coexist. It’s a track that unfolds slowly, building emotional tension through unconventional chord progressions and a middle section that shimmers with dreamlike wonder. You don’t just hear “EDEN”—you drift through it.
As a songwriter, Rice proves he isn’t afraid to challenge both musical and thematic norms. Where “Property” was bold in its iconoclasm, “EDEN” is bold in its restraint, less declarative, more contemplative, but no less impactful. It also confirms what Equinox is shaping up to be: not just a debut album, but an ambitious artistic statement, recorded between Ireland and the UK, with a cast of top-tier collaborators already buzzing about its brilliance.
“EDEN” is the kind of song that doesn’t clamour for your attention; it earns it. And as the first step into Equinox, it promises an album as rich in complexity as it is in soul.
