TPOE 329: His Father's Voice

His Father's Voice (Ash O'Connor, James Reidy, Laya Meabhdh Kenny and Cian McGuirk) released their debut album Black Poison Morning on September 6. Frontwoman Ash talks about how the band have developed over the years, making the record with Micheál Keating (Bleeding Heart Pigeon), the Limerick scene and Féile na Gréine, and lots more. Buy Black Poison Morning: https://hisfathersvoice.bandcamp.com/album/black-poison-morning --- Press release: ‘Black Poison Morning’ is the debut album from Limerick-based outfit His Father’s Voice. The album’s fabric takes its form through a methodical weaving of avoidance, desire, imperfection and impatience. Parallel to a tug of war between these lyrical vices runs a mix of wide ummeling instrumentals and raw dead space, giving a cinematic quality to each of its eight tracks. Even in the album’s more exuberant moments, an anchor of tension brings an unnerving reluctance to the listener. Equally, the album’s more claustrophobic moments are underscored by a sense of hope for emotional release. The granting of catharsis is carefully crafted through soaring pop melodies, immersive guitars and muscular rhythms, flipping the postpunk genre’s penchant for emotional outburst on its head. As with its ability to blend moods which lie in opposition to each other, the band find balance between its accessible sound and emblems of the experimental music community that it emerges from. It feels as though our debut album grew up alongside us over a number of years, learning to navigate reluctance, longing and impatience. It’s fragile alongside bolder and more resistant moments. We wanted an album that could find a home for both our sweeter sound and the murkier gothic cornerstone of our music. This album collates and distills an energy that we’ve been testing out live for the last year. Sometimes the music can feel like it’s heaving along with us, fighting for emotional release.