"Irish Goodbye" follows Butler's 2024 solo album , and live EP Live At The Green Note.

“Last summer I went through a not-good two months," Butler says of how the song came about. "You go through periods where you question everything. Coming from the background I have you get to a point where a voice in your head goes, ‘Just fucking get on with it.’”

“When Friday night comes around, there are certain records I’ll always pull out of the shelves," he continues. "Whether or not you can hear them on Irish Goodbye is another matter entirely. But these records and the feeling they give you lives inside you. And when you really need it to, it can pull you out of the darkest places.”