Brendan Deehan has worked in the Sydney pub scene for the last 15 years, playing covers as a soloist and part of the duo, Red Light Ruby. Like many artists, he has his dad’s record collection to thank for leading him to country music.

With influences including The Beatles and John Denver to discovering Keith Urban in his 20s, teenage Brendan also loved Nirvana. At a time when grunge music was king, he naturally gravitated to it and even played in a few genre-specific bands.

But the singer-songwriter kept crafting softer acoustic songs geared towards finger-picking and prettier sounds. A natural pull to country music was inevitable. However, a focus on honing his live music skills put a stop to the writing for almost a decade. Fast-forward to 2020, no live gigs and free time meant songwriting was once again the focus.

Self-penned, ‘2 Hours’ is based on the night Brendan met his partner. A discussion during Covid-lockdown about their first date and how the nervous musician took almost two hours to even look at her, lead to this debut single. Brendan and Katy recently welcomed their first child to the family, so celebrating this memory in song is certainly special. ‘2 Hours’ was mostly recorded in Brendan’s home studio with some fine-tuning and mixing by the award-winning Matt Fell.

‘2 Hours’ will be available on all download/streaming platforms from February 19th, 2021