Currently touring Ireland with The Headland Collective, Justin Grounds deserves to have more chatter about him. The Englishman’s album The Dissolving is a superbly crafted release of atmospheric music drawn from his musical experiences with electro-acoustic composition, violin, thumb piano and enriched by his recording method – in solitude in a tiny cottage in Clonakilty, Co, Cork. It’s an Irish Bon Iver story of sorts (but without the selling phones in Eyre Square bit).
Justin Grounds – The Dissolving
The Dissolving is an album which slowly unravels itself around you as you listen. You’ll have to move a bit faster to see Justin alongside Low Mountain, and Gavin Moore on the Headland Collective tour of Ireland this week though.
Oct 27th – The Spirit Store, Dundalk (Downstairs)
Oct 28th – The Roisin Dubh, Galway (Upstairs)
Oct 29th – The Passionfruit Theatre, Athlone
Oct 30th – The Cobblestone, Dublin
Stream the album via Bandcamp below and buy it digitally from £4. it’s also available on eMusic and iTunes.
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Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
