New album The Endless Shimmering is out October 20th via Sargent House.

Joining us is Niall Kennedy, guitarist from the Belfast based instrumental rock band And So I Watch You From Afar. On October 20th they will be releasing their fifth studio album via the always excellent Sargent House. Titled ‘The Endless Shimmering’, it sees the band strip things back and follow their instincts. They’ve released two tracks from it so far called ‘A Slow Unfolding Of Wings’ and ‘Dying Giants’. Both of these are visceral, soaring tracks. If you haven’t heard them already, I recommend you remedy that situation. Make sure you catch them live too on their tour supporting the album. Personally, I’ll be seeing them at Cyprus Avenue in Cork in December and hopefully will be able to grab them for a beer.

My chat with Niall centred mostly around writing and recording their new album and how that differed from their processes in the past. We also touched on their album artwork and a meme competition idea before talking about being snowed in while recording the album at Machines with Magnets in Pawtucket, Rhode Island in March of this year. Finally, we got around to talking about what And So I Watch You From Afar means to Niall.

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And So I Watch You From Afar Show Notes:

Writing ‘A Slow Unfolding Of Wings‘.

“We have to have this song”

Writing at home and fleshing things out in the practice room.

Writing during the day or at night?

Record on your phones!

Writing the gorgeous riff at the end of ‘Dying Giants‘.

“Don’t gild the lily”

Do you take the live show into consideration when writing music?

“It’s a picture of Chris’s friend’s daughter with their dog.”

Meme competition! “That’s a fucking great idea!”

Isolation and being snowed in for nine days at Machines with Magnets in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

“I’ve friends who are don’t know what to do with their lives. I don’t relate to that at all.”

Music by Ealadha.

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