It’s the moments afterwards, the people you meet when you’re not expecting to, that you remember.
It’s almost like you’re arrived at the after-party following a great show. “It’s supposed to set you off, to jump you out of the album. “It’s a shock to the system,” says Daithí. The band launched the album with a momentous gig at Windmill Lane last night, featuring All Tvvins' Lar Kaye, True Tides' Cian MacSweeney, Róisín O and more. 'Time Stopped' later introduces a captivating guitar riff that drives it onward and upwards, before the pop/rock track reaches its addictive peak. Given that they share a name with THAT pandemic, it's no surprise the passing of time and bittersweetness are explored heavily on the album. "Is it so wrong that I'm glad to be here, waking up/the world's so messed up," he starts. The title track of the Dublin band's seventh album, out today, sees Danny O'Reilly's textured vocals building to a crescendo of a typically addictive chorus. So there’s a madness to the record.” The Coronas, 'Time Stopped' And ended up with a record that’s a very personal internal dialogue. Not really speaking to the outside world. "Not because of what was going on in the world, but… I was basically on my own for two years, in a rural part of West Cork. “It’s about loss and grief and isolation," Talos says of the new album. A dynamic duo, their power for duets is breathtaking. "Our hearts shook vanishing stars/from shivering islands/that drop like tossled leaves," French sings before Hannigan's distinctive twinkling voice enters the fray. Lisa Hannigan's ethereal backing vocals elevate the song to new heights. The final single on Talos' new album Dear Chaos begins with delicate piano chords which touch on the classical before the Cork-based artist (Eoin French) introduces hauntingly beautiful, crystal clear vocals.
Smashing down the barriers of sound, the Dublin independent act, impossible to classify or label at this point, have outdone themselves. Self produced and recorded and mixed by Fox at Sonic Studios and their rehearsal place, the follow up to 2019's The Talkies takes inspiration from noise-rock, techno, pop, punk and even hip-hop breaking down the genres and piecing them back together in their own distinctive way. Muffled screams from Kiely immediately make your hair stand on end as we try to decipher the lyrics before it eventually concludes with quietened siren-sounding melodies. Is it the sound of a huge truck beeping as it reverses down the road? Is it static and reverb from guitar wails? Who can tell, except Dara Kiely, Alan Duggan, Adam Faulkner and Daniel Fox. Opening track 'The Gum' will presumably be an absolute mindf**k to try perform live, but we're itching to be in the audience.
In classic GB fashion, the quartet start off Album Number Three, the brilliant Most Normal, with a kaleidoscope of bizarre sounds crashing together to somehow make a coherent level of noise. Every instrumental aspect has clearly been chosen with innate care, while his poetic lyrics convey otherworldly imagery for a moving subject. " Her husband waits outside/A cryin' child pushes a child into the night/She was told he would come this time/Without leavin' so much as a feather behind/To enact at last the perfect plan/One more sweet boy to be butchered by hand," the opening verse announces as soft acoustic guitar plucking and poignant strings brings his stunning words to life. The singer-songwriter dedicated to the struggle for women's rights around the world, and will be making a donation to abortion rights groups. Powerful single 'Song For Leda' was written and produced by Andrew Hozier-Byrne with production from Jennifer Decilveo. It marks Hozier's first album since 2019's Wasteland, Baby!. The acclaimed Wicklow musician has released a brand new track from his upcoming third studio album Unreal Unearth, which is expected to be released later this year. Opening with simple piano chords, the singer-songwriter declares, " Never felt alone 'til the late night/never felt she was my own 'til the tears dried/working on the karma but it takes time/innocence and sadness was a fine line/better savour every moment as it flies by/every minute boy." Hozier, 'Song for Leda' 'Innocence and Sadness' strips it all back to the root. The minimal instrumentation only serves to showcase his talent further and build even more excitement for the follow up to 2019's Without Fear, which arrives on November 4. The Dubliner has dropped another cut from his forthcoming second album Sonder with an earnest love song that amplifies Kennedy's trademark raw vocal prowess.
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