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Fogarty’s method of lifting sounds wholesale from his environment and tucking them into the folds of his songs like keepsakes, renders himself at once, artist and archivist as well as twisting the notion of the folk singer’s role as collector and custodian of stories, traditions and cultural curio. \u003ci\u003eThe Curious Hand\u003c\/i\u003e was produced by Seamus and Leo Abrahams (Brian Eno, Wild Beasts) who also plays on the album. Other notable players include Emma Smith on a plethora of instruments (violin, clarinet, bass to name a few), Rozi Plain (backing vocals), Aram Zarikian (drums) and Seamus’ brother John Fogarty (accordion).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLP - 180 Gram Black Vinyl, housed in embossed sleeves, includes MP3 download card.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLP+ - Limited edition version of the album pressed on 180 Gram yellow vinyl, housed in embossed sleeves, includes MP3 download card.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Domino","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50410918904139,"sku":"1015466","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/32185577-a9a6-4d11-8915-0a17c864cce8_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726650388"},{"product_id":"hee-haw-ep","title":"Hee Haw EP","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn assortment of tunes dreamed up in fits and starts since the dark days of 2020, the Hee Haw EP sees Seamus continues his adventures in sound, with five more playfully screwed-up songs – each as fresh as the day and yet somehow old as the hills – spanning unwelcome lockdown observations, strange tales of a pub doorman and surely the only ever close encounter between Darach O’ Catháin and Suicide’s ‘Ghost Rider’.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lost Map Records","offers":[{"title":"Black 12\"","offer_id":50432822313291,"sku":"2167488","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Hee_Haw_EP_97e08912_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726874315"},{"product_id":"a-bag-of-eyes","title":"A Bag Of Eyes","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeamus Fogarty releases his new album \u003ci\u003eA Bag Of Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e on Domino. This is Fogarty’s third album — a wholly different sonic prospect to 2017’s much-lauded \u003ci\u003eThe Curious Hand\u003c\/i\u003e. Weary of the guitar, and seeking something darker than its predecessor, he chose to lean more heavily on synths and drum machines, and additionally, to self-produce. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn \u003ci\u003eA Bag Of Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e, there is industrial judder, slacker-fuzz guitar, a cacophony of saxophones. On one track, ring-modulated drums kick in with oscillating fury. Another moves from 90s’ shit-hole grunge venue to sleazy jazz joint in four minutes. Whilst on a third, a synth is deployed with the express purpose of sawing the listeners’ ears in half, Fogarty attests. However, beneath them lie fragments of melody, image, drone; a flicker of banjo, an electronic pulse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Bag Of Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e was recorded across London, Kent and East Sussex and features Fogarty’s partner Emma Smith, Meilyr Jones, long-time collaborators Leo Abrahams, Aram Zarikian and John Fogarty, as well as someone slightly more unexpected, an audience member recorded live at one of Seamus’ gigs in Dublin. If there is a restlessness to these songs it is there not only in their geographical sweep, their mingling of memory and nostalgia, but also in their sense of invention: audience anecdotes, a trad ballad cover, electronic fury, dirty guitar solos, all pressed fiercely together into something that feels startling and new and explorative. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Domino","offers":[{"title":"Violet | LP","offer_id":50512983327051,"sku":"1102031","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50512983523659,"sku":"1102030","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50512983163211,"sku":"1102029","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/648d32a9-b054-4a45-9fd4-72de60dda717_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727912664"},{"product_id":"god-damn-you-mountain","title":"God Damn You Mountain","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe debut album from Irish singer-songwriter, and producer, \u003cstrong\u003eSeamus Fogarty\u003c\/strong\u003e. Originally released in 2012, Lost Map reissue the album in a very limited edition yellow t-shirt colour vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRecorded over the course of two years between 2010 and 2012, \u003cem\u003eGod Damn You Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e is streaked with many different colours and textures: the lush greens of \"\u003cem\u003eAppletrees\u003c\/em\u003e\", the flowing blues of \"\u003cem\u003eBy The Waterside\u003c\/em\u003e\", the sodden yellow T-shirt stranded atop its title track (Seamus took it off because he was hot from climbing the mountain and forgot to put it back on; the T-shirt’s still up there to the best of anyone’s knowledge).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘\u003cem\u003eThe Undertaker’s Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e’ finds traditional guitar, bouzouki and haunting folk harmonies twisted into unfamiliar skeletal shapes. ‘\u003cem\u003eRita Jack’s Lament\u003c\/em\u003e’ effectively remixes and folds in upon itself, all spiralling tape loops squiggling next to digital feedback and warped delay, wrapped in Seamus’s mesmeric vocals and guitar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy the final tune, ‘\u003cem\u003eThe Evening Lay Down Upon Us\u003c\/em\u003e’, everything is brought full circle with Seamus teasing in samples and summoning all manner of odd noises and audio ghosts. You’ll want to play this album over and over again to be sure it wasn’t some kind of weird dream.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lost Map Records","offers":[{"title":"LP - Yellow","offer_id":51405125779787,"sku":"R2190-4527","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/a1825022131_10_4ebc340b-23f9-4bf6-8fe1-f818ebb56bc2.jpg?v=1752297024"},{"product_id":"ships","title":"Ships","description":"\u003cp\u003eLondon-based Irish singer-songwriter Seamus Fogarty returns with \u003cem\u003eShips\u003c\/em\u003e, his most expansive and uplifting album to date. Praised for crafting “magical journeys through fable and modern life and back again, often in the same song” (The Guardian), Fogarty blends motorik rhythms, folk traditions and leftfield electronics into a richly detailed collection that channels influences from Tortoise to early ’90s hip hop. Following 2023’s 'Hee Haw EP,' \u003cem\u003eShips\u003c\/em\u003e is packed with poignant, funny and deeply human vignettes touching on love, loss, DIY coffins, chance encounters and the quiet determination required to keep going. Written in the wake of 'A Bag Of Eyes' and road-tested on tour with Lisa O’Neill, \u003cem\u003eShips\u003c\/em\u003e was brought to life with an esteemed cast of collaborators including Emma Smith, Chris Vatalaro, Aram Zarikian, Joe Auckland, Leo Abrahams and Mike Lindsay. Recorded across London, St Leonards-on-Sea and Margate, and fine-tuned in Fogarty’s Walthamstow home studio, the album moves effortlessly from the urban hum of ‘Come Down To The Square’ to the romantic sweep of the title track ‘Ships’ and the defiant crescendo of closing track ‘Doer Undoer’. “There’s something strangely uplifting about this collection,” Fogarty says. “It’s more honest than anything I’ve released before.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lost Map Records","offers":[{"title":"LP - Sunset Pink Transparent","offer_id":56390877249867,"sku":"R1998-4323","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":56390877282635,"sku":"R1998-1476","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Seamusships-cover-square-large.jpg?v=1769447800"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/collections\/seamus-fogarty.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}