The Breath - Let The Cards Fall (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44.1-96 kHz | Time - 41:17 minutes | 635 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover
Rioghnach Connolly and Stuart McCallum are the creative heart of The Breath. And for them, it's all about the song. Connolly writes the only way she knows how; a stream of poetic consciousness giving rise to honest, personal, heartfelt songs as likely to touch on childhood summers and first love as cultural dislocation, post-colonial injustices and grief. But it's her deeply soulful, utterly engaging, stop-you-in-your-tracks voice - whether delicate and hushed or powerful and gutsy - coupled with Stuart's understated brilliance and their exquisitely crafted songs, that give The Breath such emotional depth. 'Let the Cards Fall' - with pianist John Ellis, bassist Sam Vickery and drummer Luke Flowers - is the follow-up to their 2016 breakthrough album, 'Carry Your Kin'. A bewitching collection of songs allowed to mature and breathe without losing the widescreen, multi-textured kaleidoscope of sound that marked their debut, while refining their trademark Manchester take on alt-folk