Roots (Orla Gartland EP)

The Irish Independent interviewed Gartland upon the release and reported that she "...just released her debut EP Roots which climbed to the number one slot during the first week of release on iTunes."{{cite web|last=Byrna |first=Niall |url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/my-life-in-lyrics-orla-gartland-29774417.html |title=My life in lyrics: Orla Gartland |publisher=The Irish Independent |date=2013-11-23 |accessdate=2013-11-23}} UK based Fortitude Magazine wrote "Within its first day 'Roots' has already hit the No.1 spot in the UK and Ireland singer/songwriter charts and No.3 in Ireland's main chart."{{cite web|last=MacKay |first=Connor |url=http://www.fortitudemagazine.co.uk/music/ep-review-orla-gartland-roots/13333/ |title=EP Review: Orla Gartland- Roots |publisher=Fortitude Magazine |date=2013-11-11 |accessdate=2013-11-23}} On 24 November, the Irish Mirror featured Gartland in a full-page article and stated "last Tuesday on iTunes her debut EP, Roots, hit No1 in the main Irish albums chart, 15 in the main UK albums chart and No2 in the US singer/songwriter chart."{{cite web|last=Kierans |first=Marie |url=http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/internet-sensation-orla-gartland-lines-2844502 |title=Internet sensation Orla Gartland lines up Irish & UK tour |publisher=Irish Mirror |date=2013-11-24 |accessdate=2013-11-24}}

The title track "Roots" was named Apple iTunes "Single of the Week" in the UK and Ireland in November of 2013.{{cite web |last=Gayadien |first=Amrish |url=http://www.applespot.nl/55803/apples-single-van-de-week-roots-orla-gartland/ |title=Apple's Single of the Week: Roots - Orla Gartland |publisher=AppleSpot |date=2013-11-17 |accessdate=2013-11-23 |archive-date=2013-11-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131121014828/http://www.applespot.nl/55803/apples-single-van-de-week-roots-orla-gartland/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite interview |last = Gartland |first = Orla |interviewer = Ian Dempsey |title = Orla Gartland Interview |url = http://www.todayfm.com/player/podcasts/The_Ian_Dempsey_Breakfast_Show/The_Ian_Dempsey_Breakfast_Show/6859/2/Orla_Gartland_Interview_+_Session |work = The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show |publisher = Today FM |location = Dublin, Ireland |date = 2013-11-20 |accessdate = 2013-11-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150203214306/http://www.todayfm.com/player/podcasts/The_Ian_Dempsey_Breakfast_Show/The_Ian_Dempsey_Breakfast_Show/6859/2/Orla_Gartland_Interview_+_Session |archivedate = 2015-02-03 |df = }}

Reviewers praised the quality of the composition of the songs on Roots, calling the lyrics "mature" and the music "surprisingly diverse for a four-track EP".{{cite web|last= |first= |url=http://beatsandsheets.com/2013/11/19/album-review-roots/ |title=Album Review: Roots EP |publisher=Beats and Sheets |date=2013-11-19 |accessdate=2013-12-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224111917/http://beatsandsheets.com/2013/11/19/album-review-roots/ |archivedate=2013-12-24 }}{{cite web|last=otwo |url=http://www.universityobserver.ie/2013/11/12/album-reviews-orla-gartland-miley-cyrus-arcade-fire-hellogoodbye-lorde-katy-perry/ |title=Album Reviews - Orla Gartland |work=The University Observer |date=2013-11-12 |accessdate=2013-12-23}}

On 20 November 2013, Gartland was invited to interview and perform on The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show broadcast nationally in Ireland on Today FM.

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Two tracks, "Roots" and "Clueless" were made into a sequence of partially animated music videos directed by Yousef Thami with animation by artist Prosper Unger-Hamilton.{{cite web|last=|first=|url=http://www.radarmusicvideos.com/blog/article/575-orla-gartland-roots- |title=Orla Gartland - 'Roots' |publisher=RadarMusicVideos |date=October 2013 |accessdate=2013-11-23}}{{cite web|last=|first=|url=http://www.radarmusicvideos.com/blog/article/609-orla-gartland-clueless- |title=Orla Gartland - 'Clueless' |publisher=RadarMusicVideos |date=November 2013 |accessdate=2013-11-23}} Tom Clarke filmed a studio session recording of "Roots" which was released as a music video on 13 October 2013{{cite web|last=|first=|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw5V2jXMXQM |title=Roots |website=YouTube|publisher=|date=2013-10-13 |accessdate=2013-11-25}} and a studio session of "Human" which was released as a music video on 20 October 2013.{{cite web|last=|first=|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgV7OgzdNX8 |title=Human |website=YouTube|publisher=|date=2013-10-20 |accessdate=2013-11-23}} On 8 December 2013, Gartland released a lyric video of the track "Human".

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Gartland toured in support of the album in February 2014, visiting ten cities in Ireland and in the United Kingdom.{{cite web|last=|first=|url=http://www.bandsintown.com/OrlaGartland |title=Orla Gartland On Tour |publisher=Bandsintown |date=2013-11-23 |accessdate=2013-11-23}}

The tour was managed by Matthew Montgomery-Taylor who was Gartland's "TM" for her three previous tours at the time.

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• [http://www.orlagartland.com/ Orla Gartland website]
• {{YouTube|8E75QtyFFJU|"Roots" music video}}
• {{YouTube|MORurQ_vtMA|"Clueless" music video}}
• {{YouTube|rw5V2jXMXQM|"Roots" studio session video}}
• {{YouTube|JgV7OgzdNX8|"Human" studio session video}}
• {{YouTube|zI-vWvTZ1sc|"Human" lyric video}}

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