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Clare Sands

by Clare Sands

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Special Edition limited run of 12" 250 Opaque Ocean Blue vinyl in Red inner sleeve with double-sided A3 poster and unique 'secret swim spot' handcrafted print.
    (250 x 12 cm)

    Includes unlimited streaming of Clare Sands via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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    edition of 250 

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Special edition CD with unique poster booklet & handcrafted print

    Includes unlimited streaming of Clare Sands via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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    edition of 500 

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about

Released September 28th 2022, Clare's self-titled album is a celebration of resilience, love and hope.

It explores tradition, the sea, and the power of women through
the dark and light, love and loss, and the rise and fall.

Written & recorded over two years along the West coast of Ireland from Mizen to Malin, Clare found a path where the Irish and English languages, Irish traditional, folk, and contemporary music meet. Pulsating rhythms, traditional melodies and bilingual song are interwoven with spoken word guests Manchán Magan, Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, Fiachna Ó Braonáin & Tommy Sands, and musical guests Aisling Urwin,

After electric live performances at Celtic Connections, the Irish Arts Center (NYC) and Glastonbury Festival, Clare is set to launch her new album with her biggest ever headline show in her hometown in St.Lukes, Cork (Oct 1) as well as headline shows around Ireland, the UK, and Germany.

'Sands reach is wide & deep. This album speaks most of all of resilience & solidarity, of friendship & kindship. This fine debut revels in Sands innate & fearless curiosity, and her insistence on diving deep below the surface. A mighty first step to what promises to be a lifelong expedition'

 -The Irish Times ****

'Sands excavates into Ireland's ancient myths & landscapes whilst exploring the political exigencies of it's here and now...
A bold, beautiful album brimming with ideas'

- Songlines ****

'Her songs and music reflect and renew the past and present, both in English and Irish. Her own voice, sensibilities and cares make her music so powerful - the personal becoming the universal'

- The Irish Post

‘An empowering, exceptional talent, channelling the music of her ancestors while reimagining the sound of a new Ireland’ – (BBC Radio)

'Clare's epic ability to draw on the island's history while simultaneously seeing our society's future makes the song even more thunderous' - Hotpress (Sail On)

'Powerful, energetic, and fierce - a celebration of women through the ages' - RTÉ (Awe na Mná)

credits

released September 28, 2022

Produced by:
Clare Sands & Brian Casey

Mixing:
Clare Sands & Brian Casey (Wavefield Studios, West Cork)

Recorded over two years along the West Coast from Mizen to Malin.

Clare Sands - Fiddle, viola, cello, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals, synthesiser, percussion
Aisling Urwin- Harp, vocals
Caimin Gilmore - Double Bass
Davie Ryan - Drums
Tiarna & Lainey Sands - Vocals
Steve Cooney - Guitars
Cian O’Sullivan - Drums (Track 3)
Fionn O’Neill - Bass (Track 3)
Susan O’Neill - Trumpet, vocals (Track 10)
Tommy Sands - spoken word (written and performed)
Fiachna O’Braonáin - spoken word (written and performed)
Manchán Magan - spoken word (Track 5)
Bernadette Devlin McAliskey- spoken word (Track 7)

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Clare Sands

Channeling the music of her ancestors, Clare Sands is a unique force in Irish music. Weaving traditional roots with Contemporary sounds and influences, Sands sings for the young and the old, brave and the bold.
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'Sands excavates into Ireland's ancient myths & landscapes whilst exploring the political exigencies of it's here and now... A bold beautiful album brimming with ideas' -Songlines
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