"I'm talking to the man / inside my mirror / he tells me to be strong / and see the things are to me..."
The mystically blue melancholia rolling like a fog over hills on "Night Is Dark", by Cork - Ireland singer songwriter Eoin Shannon and from the debut album "Hello Forever", has classic bones, vulnerable skin and muscle memory of dark times. The boy / girl vocals courtesy of Shannon who wrote the lyrics and Chanele who wrote the music lend an earnest, rustic gift. Maybe something of fairies, maybe not but Shannon shares that "Night Is Dark" is "mostly about depression and Paranoia, living a nightmare."
For whatever reason as I listened on repeat, I flashed on The Pogues doing their rendition of Ewan MacColl's classic "Dirty Old Town and the Animals' classic "House of the Rising Sun" in the same breath, not because there are apparent similarities, there aren't but the pureness of the storytelling as an artform from millennium exists in all these songs and Shannon clearly has a storyteller's voice. I especially love both his vocal countenance blending with Chanele's who lends a beautiful sagely nightshade.
LINER NOTES (excerpted / bracketed):
[Music exists in a timeline outside our own. Eoin Shannon’s music is a conversation, an infatuation with the brain and its unique projections. Hailing from Cork, Ireland-he has transpired a whole new life with help from musicians and producers such as Larry Magee, Chanele, Andrei Sorokin and the melodies speak volumes. He is able to spin worlds with words and sounds. This will lead to an amazing rush, through a fragment of time. Inspired by the likes of Jim Croce, Johnny Cash, Kate Wolf and Dean Martin, Eoin Shannon is taking it to the roots. Music is storytelling at its core, and the human touch remains most important to him.]
In the final analysis "Night Is Dark", a track about depression feels healing.
-Robb Donker Curtius
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM
Music exists in a timeline outside our own. Eoin Shannon’s music is a conversation, an infatuation with the brain and its unique projections. Hailing from Cork, Ireland-he has transpired a whole new life with help from musicians and producers such as Larry Magee, Chanele, Andrei Sorokin and the melodies speak volumes. He is able to spin worlds with words and sounds. This will lead to an amazing rush, through a fragment of time. Inspired by the likes of Jim Croce, Johnny Cash, Kate Wolf and Dean Martin, Eoin Shannon is taking it to the roots. Music is storytelling at its core, and the human touch remains most important to him. The kind of chord progressions that are used are drawn from the tale, reflecting the mood with a deep understanding of its fibres. Eoin makes sure his vocals share the dynamism of the lyrics. They show inflection, worry, happiness, frustration-all with how he matches the frequency. His debut album is an amazing effort, Hello Forever turns to become some of the most thoughtful songs that you will experience. Reviewed extremely positively by independent music journalists, Eoin has come into the radar of singer-songwriters that have a particular edge. Make sure you check out his music and find happiness in melody, just like he does. He would also love to Credit Kesha Parish, Sam Tutten, and Chanele once again for their amazing harmonies and vocals.
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