A Trick of the Light

  1. Walking back to You 4:49
  2. Out of Sight 4:41
  3. Cave In 5:01
  4. Alone 5:28
  5. Stay Around 5:10
  6. Cold Bones 5:18
  7. Fall Asleep 4:57
  8. Wide Awake 6:14
  9. Waiting for the Sun 5:42
Released September 02, 2022 on Ragged Company Recordings
We went about the recording "Trick of the light" in much the same way as the first album ( "Romance&Melodrama" ), by working remotely from our respective studios in Derry and Carlow, and bouncing sessions back and forth. We went through a few different stages in the making of this album, building up, breaking down and rebuilding the arrangements for the songs, changing direction a few times in the process.

  At Shayne's (Byrne: producer / collaborator) suggestion, We stripped the songs down to their bare bones, and rebuilt the songs using the guitar in a slightly different way to the first album. Since the songs are generally a bit darker in tone, I felt like it was important to reflect this in the music. I set about basing most of the songs around the electric guitar (as opposed to the acoustic-driven first album), taking inspiration from players like Johnny Marr(The Smiths), Andy Summers (The Police), and Geordie Walker (Killing Joke) in how I approached the use of effects and how to build an arrangement of guitars to create something a little different.
 
Hopefully it's something that people will enjoy & connect with in a meaningful way.