Staring At Lakes are a new band formed in 2011 as Raffiki but this year, are gearing up to release a debut album this summer, starting with the launch and release of their impressive first single.
The band consists of Grace Tooher, Ciaran Toohey, Laura Sheary, Sean Carroll, James Tooher and Tom Retamiro and ‘Consanguinea’, a song title which is Italian for blood relative is a moving atmospheric slow-burning orchestral indie pop track.
It gets a launch at The Bello Bar this Saturday (see the gig guide for more), as part of The Beatyard.
‘Warm Waters’ live on Balcony TV.

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