DAVID GRAY - Skellig - CD

LABEL: Laugh a Minute Records

CAT NO: LAMCD2102

BARCODE: 5056167130079

Tracklisting:

1. Skellig
2. Dún Laoghaire
3. Accumulates
4. Heart And Soul
5. Laughing Gas
6. No False Gods
7. Deep Water Swim
8. Spiral Arms
9. The White Owl
10. Dares My Heart Be Free
11. House With No Walls
12. Can’t Hurt More Than This
13. All That We Asked For

DAVID GRAY – Skellig

CD
(Gatefold Wallet With 2 Pockets and 16-Page Booklet.)

The second LP to be produced by Ben de Vries, the thirteen-track album departs from the shimmering electronics of 2019’s Gold In A Brass Age and embarks on a sparser, communal soundscape. The atmospheric songs centring themselves around six-part vocals with Gray trading his signature gravel for a softer tone.

Recorded prior to the pandemic, the album sessions took place at Edwyn Collins’ Helmsdale studio on the Sutherland coast, with De Vries and Gray finessing the mix throughout lockdown. The album’s artwork is created by former art school graduate Gray himself. Skellig takes its name from a formation of precipitous rocky islands off the coast of Co. Kerry, the most westerly point in Ireland.