Release date: 22nd April 2022
‘School’
The self-produced, debut single from Chris Comhaill explores ideas around the passage of time, nostalgia, growth and change viewed through the sun-flared lens of our formative years. The sound is modern, with a hint of Americana, featuring rich vocal harmonies, Steve Cropper inspired guitar and lustrous instrumentation weaving throughout.
“It felt right that the first song I put out under my own name be about one of the first things I can remember. I think school is an odd and fascinating time; a world of possibilities and anxieties running mad and unbridled. I didn’t have a very good time of it at school but despite that I still feel the pull to look back on it with rose-tinted glasses. That romanticisation of the past, coupled with the intensity of that time of life that we all go through, is something I wanted to capture and investigate.”
Recorded in Dublin’s Sun Studios with engineer Johnny Branagan at the start of 2020, and featuring vocal contributions from Filipa Quintino and Charlie Livingstone, with co-writing from Danny Mahony, the single marks the first in a wave of eclectic releases that Comhaill intends for 2022. ‘School’ will be available on all platforms on 22nd April 2022.
Chris Comhaill…
is a songwriter and musician from Dublin, Ireland. His past projects have been described as an "exciting, fresh endeavour to create something new; a blend of jazz, folk, world and contemporary" (The Irish Times) and “a transcendent mix of composition and improvisation” (Jazz Ireland). As a solo artist, his new work now weaves together these eclectic strands of music that have influenced him throughout his life to marry the sombre and reflective with the wide-eyed and radiant.