The Breath
Ríoghnach Connolly and Stuart McCallum are the creative heart of The Breath. And for them, it’s all about the song.
Connolly writes the only way she knows how; a stream of poetic consciousness giving rise to honest, personal, heartfelt songs as likely to touch on childhood summers and first love as cultural dislocation, post-colonial injustices, and grief. But it’s her deeply soulful, utterly engaging, stop-you-in-your-tracks voice – whether delicate and hushed or powerful and gutsy – coupled with Stuart’s understated brilliance and their exquisitely crafted songs, that give The Breath such emotional depth.
Released on Real World, ‘Let the Cards Fall’ is their second wonderful album. A bewitching collection of songs allowed to mature and breathe without losing the multi-textured kaleidoscope of sound that marked their debut, while refining their off-the-wall take on contemporary song-writing.
Connolly writes the only way she knows how; a stream of poetic consciousness giving rise to honest, personal, heartfelt songs as likely to touch on childhood summers and first love as cultural dislocation, post-colonial injustices, and grief. But it’s her deeply soulful, utterly engaging, stop-you-in-your-tracks voice – whether delicate and hushed or powerful and gutsy – coupled with Stuart’s understated brilliance and their exquisitely crafted songs, that give The Breath such emotional depth.
Released on Real World, ‘Let the Cards Fall’ is their second wonderful album. A bewitching collection of songs allowed to mature and breathe without losing the multi-textured kaleidoscope of sound that marked their debut, while refining their off-the-wall take on contemporary song-writing.
Agent: Sara Gigante
E-Mail: sara@charmworks.net