Dove Ellis

Behind the stage name Dove Ellis is Thomas O'Donoghue, an Irish indie folk musician whose birth year is given as either 2002 or 2003. Working in a genre that puts the song first, Ellis has built a debut that repays close attention, and it is easy to see why critics have picked up on it so quickly.

Ellis's first solo single, To the Sandals, arrived in 2025 and was named a Best New Song of the Week by Paste. Later that year he announced his debut studio album, Blizzard, which came out on 5 December on Black Butter and AMF Records, alongside the singles Love Is and Pale Song, the former also picked by Paste as a Best New Song of the Week. The album received universal acclaim, with The Economist placing it in its top ten albums of 2025, and was later nominated for the 35th Mercury Prize. Ellis has also opened for Geese on their Getting Killed World Tour and recorded a session at St. James' Church for Other Voices in November 2025.