{"title":"Axis Of","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"bella-pacifica","title":"Bella Pacifica","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBella Pacifica\u003c\/i\u003e is Axis Of's third album and an album of recovery and hope. Axis Of is Niall Lawlor (guitar, vocals), Ewen Friers (bass, vocals) and Ethan Harman (drums); friends raised on Ireland's north coast, between the tourist towns of Portstewart, Portrush and Portballintrae. They grew up with the Atlantic Ocean in front of them, a remarkable coastline with all its beauty and power a constant. Scenes which influence their music still. But it was travel and exploration that informed this album most. The references to Scottish islands and Irish seas which often formed the back-bone of the band's first two albums have not been replaced, but have been joined by Australian plains and Canadian skies. \u003ci\u003eBella Pacifica\u003c\/i\u003e is an album that looks outward, a celebration of existence. It is personal, the songs are about \"us\" says Niall. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the band's second album they took time away from their primary musical project, but an innocuous fall while in Canada led to a lengthy period of serious ill-health for Niall. A reliance on medication - to counter symptoms which hadn't yet been fully explained or understood - forced Niall to withdraw further from work, friends, music and life. Niall describes how that time in his life often \"felt endless\", but slowly - with better diagnosis and help from family and friends - things improved. Ewen states how \"Music can be helpful and healing. I remember going to see Niall and his illness was finally plateauing. At some stage I remember thinking 'he's getting a bit better'\". \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore his return to Ireland, Niall had sent Ewen some demos recorded in a snow-covered cabin in Canada. These would be the foundation from which \u003ci\u003eBella Pacifica\u003c\/i\u003e grew. Eventually Niall and Ewen found themselves in studio on a remote Scottish island tracking a record for which the writing process spanned many of the most exciting and joyful times, through to some of the bleakest and most hopeless. It is a journey reflected in the triumphant music and often heartbreakingly personal lyrics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Dancing","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50476036358475,"sku":"1151380","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/46d2f56c-afbf-4913-8e3d-5e771f04d042_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727453619"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/collections\/axis-of.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}