Neil O’Connor returns to his Somadrone project on a new track from the The First Wave album on Scintilla Recordings. ‘Pulse Of Joy’ is aptly named, a swathe of digital choral melodies and guitar with David Kitt on synthesized backing vocals. It reminds me of the early skyreaching sound of M83. Currently based in New York, Neil will be back on Friday November 30th for a Skinny Wolves gig upstairs in Whelan’s with support from Sunken Foal, Simon Bird and Spilly Walker. Tickets. The song is a free download from Bandcamp.
Previously: ‘Reckoning’.
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