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{{Short description|Irish singer-songwriter}}
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{{For|the instrument|Melodeon (accordion)}}{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Malojian
| image             = Malojian Elmwood Hall - Belfast 2018.jpg
| birth_date        = <!-- 4 January 1978 -->
| origin            = [[Lurgan|Lurgan, County Armagh]], Northern Ireland
| genre             = alternative folk, indie, alt rock, americana
| years_active      = 2005&ndash;present
| label             = Bad Paw, Twenty30, Rollarcoaster, Style
| associated_acts   = {{Plainlist|
* Cat Malojian
* [[Jason Lytle]]
}}
| website           = {{URL|https://malojian.bandcamp.com/}}
}}
'''Malojian''' is the musical solo project of '''Stevie Scullion''', a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and founder of independent record label Style Records.
== Biography ==
2012's ''The Deer's Cry'' was recorded in Start Together Studios, [[Oh Yeah (music centre)|Oh Yeah Music Centre]], Belfast, The Freak Farm, Dromore and Millbank Studio, Lisburn.  It received critical acclaim upon release and featured on [[BBC Radio 2]] [[Bob Harris (radio presenter)|Bob Harris]] Sunday, where Malojian played a live set, to which Harris stated, "I love your music"<ref>{{Cite web|title=BBC Radio 2 - Bob Harris Sunday, Malojian in session|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04bftny|access-date=22 July 2021|website=BBC|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Review: Malojian - The Deer's Cry|language=en-GB|work=belfasttelegraph|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/music/reviews/review-malojian-the-deers-cry-28920441.html|access-date=22 July 2021|issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Murphy|first=Lauren|title=CD Choice|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/album-reviews/cd-choice-1.1563|access-date=22 July 2021|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|language=en}}</ref>
2015's ''Southlands'' was recorded at Millbank Studios, Lisburn and Malojian played at set on [[BBC Radio 6 Music|BBC Radio 6]] [[Cerys Matthews]] show<ref>{{Cite web|title=BBC Radio 6 Music - Cerys Matthews, Malojian in session|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05yx4p3|access-date=22 July 2021|website=BBC|language=en-GB}}</ref> The single "Communion Girls" received extensive airtime on Irish and UK radio stations featuring on BBC Radio 6 Music, BBC Radio  Scotland [[Ricky Ross (musician)|Ricky Ross]], RTE Radio and BBC Radio Ulster amongst others <ref>{{Cite news|title=Malojian: 'Mention of the Troubles puts off radio producers'|language=en-GB|work=[[Belfast Telegraph]] | date=7 May 2015 | url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/music/news/malojian-mention-of-the-troubles-puts-off-radio-producers-31204044.html|access-date=22 July 2021|issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/malojian-southlands-album-review-1.2221018 | first=Lauren |last=Murphy | title=Malojian: Southlands &ndash; Album Review | date=22 May 2015 | newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] }}</ref>
2016's ''This Is Nowhere'' was recorded at [[Electrical Audio]] by [[Steve Albini]] and a documentary filmed by photographer Colm Laverty, ''Document: a Film About Malojian'' was released on YouTube and follows the recording of the album.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cathedralquarterbelfast.com/whats-on/document-a-film-about-malojian/|title=Document: A Film about Malojian &#124; What's On}}</ref>
2017's ''Let Your Weirdness Carry You Home'', partly recorded in [[Rathlin Island]] East Lighthouse and 2020's Humm, features [[Joey Waronker]] (Beck, R.E.M., Roger Waters, Atoms For Peace) on drums and percussion, Gerry Love ([[Teenage Fanclub]]) on bass and [[Jon Thorne]] (Yorkston, Thorne & Khan; Lamb).
2020's ''Humm'' was partly co-written and co-produced with [[Jason Lytle]] of Grandaddy. Lytle and Scullion previously completed a UK and Irish collaborative tour in the summer of 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SOLD OUT – Jason Lytle (Grandaddy) & Malojian – CQAF|url=https://cqaf.com/jason-lytle-grandaddy-malojian/|access-date=22 July 2021|website=cqaf.com}}</ref> Collaborating over the internet with Lytle, bouncing ideas back and forth, the album title refers to the transatlantic cable on Foilhummeran Bay on Valentia Island off the coast of Ireland.
''Southlands'', ''This Is Nowhere'', ''Let Your Weirdness Carry You Home'', and ''Humm'' were short-listed for the [[Northern Ireland Music Prize]] Album of the Year.<ref name="nimp 2015">{{Cite web|title=2015|url=https://nimusicprize.com/2015|access-date=22 July 2021|website=[[Northern Ireland Music Prize]]|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="nimp 2017">{{Cite web|title=2017|url=https://nimusicprize.com/2017|access-date=22 July 2021|website=[[Northern Ireland Music Prize]]|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="nimp 2018">{{Cite web|title=2018|url=https://nimusicprize.com/2018-1|access-date=22 July 2021|website=[[Northern Ireland Music Prize]]|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="nimp 2020">{{Cite web|title=Shortlist 2020 FULL|url=https://nimusicprize.com/shortlist-2020|access-date=22 July 2021|website=[[Northern Ireland Music Prize]]|language=en-US}}</ref>
== Discography ==
=== Studio albums ===
* ''The Deer's Cry'' (2012)
* ''Southlands'' (Twenty30, 2015)
* ''This is Nowhere'' (Rollercoaster Records, 2016)
* ''Let Your Weirdness Carry You Home'' (Rollercoaster Records, 2017)
* ''humm'' (Style Records, 2020)
=== EPs ===
* ''The Broken Deer'' EP (self-released, 2012)
* ''The Simple Life'' EP (self-released, 2013)
=== Singles ===
* "Communion Girls" (2015)
* "Ambulance Song / Beardness" (2018)
== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://malojian.bandcamp.com/|Malojian}} at [[Bandcamp]]
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