Eoin French aka Talos has released a new song today to mark the start of a tour that takes in Ireland, UK and Europe from this week.
‘Solarr’ is a song that steps in a more electronic sound with the artist saying:
“This song was an outpouring. It was a song that felt necessary to make and simply the next step forward. I wrote it in LA last summer while renting a house and studio that sat just off Franklin Avenue. In one way, Solarr holds my experience of the city over the time that I was there. It’s hostile and relentless but still fruitful and nourishing while encapsulating transience and a blistering love.”
The song features a sample of the voice of the artist Loah.
Video by Mani Sigfusson:
Talos has been nominated for Artist of the Year at the Choice Music Awards which happens tonight.
Talos Live Dates:
Mar 09: Deaf Institute, Manchester
Mar 10: Lafayette, London
Mar 11: Le Pop Up Du Label, Paris
Mar 13: Paradiso Upstairs, Amsterdam
Mar 16: Privatclub, Berlin
Mar 24: Cyprus Avenue, Cork
Mar 25: Academy, Dublin
Apr 11 – 15: Zermatt, Switzerland (solo)
Aug 05: All Together Now, Ireland
Talos – ‘Solaar’ lyrics
When I was assembled
On your wooden sea
In a lane of lions
On a bed of weeks
Were you taken by the tyrants
Or a memory
I just let it run higher
(vacant speak)
Did they claim you in the close of
A silent feast
Felt the cry of your moves child
While they painted me
Our love is a wild light
Scattering pieces
Our love is a wild light
Blessed bones of ice
Our love is a wild light
Why don’t you speak it
Our love is a wild light
Blessed bones of ice
Burstin at a force with the comets
The dying sun sees what we want it
Find the little beast in the forest
And lay him down slow
Our church is a moon over islands
Made my bed out there, weak in the violence
I let the storm reside, sheltered the sirens
Then I waded out slow
Our love is a wild light
Scattering pieces
Our love is a wild light
Blessed bones of ice
Our love is a wild light
Why don’t you speak it
Our love is a wild light
Blessed bones of ice
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.
