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Last year @hamishbrownmusic remastered the three albums I released between 2011 and 2015 under the name Seafieldroad. They're now on Spotify, after being available to buy via Bandcamp for a while. With just two weeks to go until my AIRD album launch at @anlanntair on 25 March, here's a hint of what to expect. This is from a @weestudio live session which you can tell was a long time ago because it's in the old (actually wee) studio in Stornoway and not the new and IRONICALLY MASSIVE one in South Dell. The song is The Stream, written in Covid-19 lockdown in 2020 but only finding its way to an album half a decade later. The album version is very different to this early live version, with about seven vocal parts, percussion, and generally epic production by @hamishbrownmusic, but I can't do any of that live so this is approximately how it will sound at An Lanntair, only with the benefit of five more years of practice and slightly better lyrics. My face is in @anlanntair's March/April programme, which means my AIRD album launch is coming up soon, assuming we're not in the midst of World War Three by 25 March. Book now for an evening of songs inspired by a former RAF radar station on a Hebridean clifftop, plus support from Michael Winder, another former north of Englander who now writes songs about Scottish island life. AIRD the album is out on Monday 23 March. Aird Uig beach, last summer and this afternoon. Same view but shaped into a completely different place by the force of the tide. Happy to announce that some music @hamishbrownmusic and I made a long time ago will feature in Medusa, a new show by Heather Marshall of @creative_electric which premieres at @summerhallarts this weekend (6-8 March). Medusa is a contemporary reimagining of an ancient story, set in a nightclub in Edinburgh. I feel a bit ancient myself these days so a bit of contemporary reimagining is always appreciated. It also helps ease a nagging regret I have about some of this music, which is that I may have sabotaged our chances of being played more in clubs by singing/writing such obscure, esoteric lyrics (who wants to dance to a song called Psychogeography?). Well, goodbye esoteric lyrics, hello Medusa, Athena, Poseidon, Euryale and Sthenno plus choreography by @sulacastle, sound design by @wutwya929 and costumes by @chanel_o_conor. @micro_wave60's album is out on Friday (and is already on Bandcamp). Please give it a listen. I've loved Gerry's songwriting forever and nagged him to release some of these songs for about a decade before finally giving up, so this has all been a lovely surprise. Here's a wee trailer for AIRD, which is released one month from now. My new album AIRD is on its way. #SAVEISLANDARTS. @anlanntair has asked people to share what the venue means to them in response to @cne_siar's plan to stop funding arts and culture in the Outer Hebrides.
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