{"product_id":"seanteach","title":"Seanteach","description":"\u003cp\u003eFohn brings connection, displacement and new identities into the moment, on pastoral debut album Seanteach - informed by island life, marine folklore and musical tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConnection to the land, the severing of earthly ties, explorations of environment, mythos and generational memory: under the moniker of Fohn, English violinist and producer Tom Connolly (Quade, AD93) takes to the fiddle on which he learned his craft as a child. Forging new bonds with his family’s island home off the coastal west of Ireland, their story is retold in Seanteach (Irish for ‘old house’), released on Odda Recordings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Seanteach explores the nature of my relationship with Ireland, and Connemara in particular, where my dad’s family is from,” explains Connolly, speaking on a long-form work that blends new compositions on traditional Irish fiddle with ambient electronics and evocative field recordings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach track on the album is a reflection of aspects of that relationship to island life - where physical features intersect with mythology. Such as, ‘Boreen’, named after a colloquial term for rural byroads sometimes shared with otherworldly neighbours. ‘Aisling at Sea’ draws on the primal, unstoppable momentum of the water, while the folklore of ‘Immram’ reflects on generationally-kept tales of marine bravery and supernatural accomplishment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTying these worlds together is the presence and memory of Connolly’s ‘Mamó’ (Irish for grandmother), Bríd. Despite passing during Connolly’s childhood, this “larger-than-life character” shaped his imagination with anecdotes and stories, representing both a familiar figure, and the poignancies of potential and regret.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Between the Shoreline and the Gorse’ channels her early childhood, born to a large Catholic family in the island’s ‘Seanteach’, and cast adrift from her old life - a severance of ties that Connolly attempts to make ethereal amends for, with the album named for her family home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of: Flaer, Memotone, Quade, Tara Clerkin Trio and Time Is Away\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50505894101323,"sku":"2218268","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/ODA04M_81683fab_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727817675","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/seanteach","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}