If the lead single Angels of the Underground is anything to go by, then Joe Monaghan’s second album is about to set Mayo alight.
Station Road reflects on the Mayo songwriter and producer’s childhood years growing up in the small town of Balla, located in the centre of the county.
Joe trades as Train Room, a pseudonym he has used since before his debut album Hurricane of Love was released in the summer of 2021.
Written and self-produced between 2024 and 2026, and to be released this Friday, April 3, his new record reflects on childhood, place and memory, centred around the street where he grew up.
The Train Room music sound has touches of folk rock with an ambient tone, and this new album keeps that quality style.
Rather than nostalgia as sentimentality, the album treats memory as texture, layered into arrangement, atmosphere and tone.
“I wanted to bring the listener back to where I grew up — back to childhood — through music,” said Joe.
Across ten tracks, some of which BBC Sounds has already played, the album moves between melodic indie, folk-inflected songwriting and expansive alternative production. Each track unfolds as its own emotional chapter while maintaining a cohesive sonic identity.
Station Road is available on the usual streaming platforms.
