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01. Tau & The Drones Of Praise - It Is Right To Give Drones And Praise
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02. Tau & The Drones Of Praise - The Sixth Sun
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03. Tau & The Drones Of Praise - Thunder Thunder Hummingbird
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04. Tau & The Drones Of Praise - Na Heilimintí
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05. Tau & The Drones Of Praise - Ceol Ón Chré
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06. Tau & The Drones Of Praise - Bandia
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07. Tau & The Drones Of Praise - Ériu
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08. Tau & The Drones Of Praise - Hope
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ARTIST
TAU & THE DRONES OF PRAISE
TITLE
Misneach
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
GLITTERBEAT
CATALOG #
GB 129LP
GB 129LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
11/18/2022
LP version. The kaleidoscopic third album from
Seán Mulrooney
and his Ireland meets Berlin ensemble. Ecstatic folk-psych that full embraces the natural world and living ancestry, through joyful experimentation and deeply rooted sonics. An inspired soundscape that echoes eclectic and eccentric atmospheres: traditional Irish folk, outsider pop, global sacred music and drone rock. Features guests from
Tindersticks
,
Clannad
, as well as Irish troubadour
Damien Dempsey
. Titled after this concept of bright bravery,
Misneach
, is the third full-length from Ireland's
Tau & the Drones of Praise
. Following on 2016's
Tau Tau Tau
and 2019's self-titled album, as well as 2020's widely acclaimed
Seanóirí Naofa EP
, it is a next-stage realization of the traveler-folk vision of principal songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Seán Mulrooney, whose travels invariably inform the songs being written. That's nothing new for Tau, now officially Tau & the Drones of Praise, who have in the past engaged with folk traditions stemming from Mulrooney's Irish homeland as well weaving in the teachings of the indigenous first nations people from Turtle Island, the continent of America. Recorded like its predecessors mostly in Berlin at Impression Studios by
Robbie Moore
, who also plays in the main four-piece studio lineup with Mulrooney,
Earl Harvin
(Tindersticks) and
Iain Faulkner
(who helmed additional recording in Dublin at Sonic Studios),
Misneach
is nonetheless the boldest and farthest-reaching work Tau & the Drones of Praise have done, stepping beyond expectation born of their past and into a reimagined future of interaction with the natural world both within and outside ourselves.
Misneach
is a homecoming for Mulrooney, who, even as the arrangement of opener "It's Right to Give Drones and Praise" seems to reference
Screamadelica
-era
Primal Scream
, establishes Ireland as the backdrop on which the songs are built. Heralded Irish folk troubadour Damien Dempsey and
Pól Brennan
from the legendary County Donegal band Clannad are just two of the more than 16 guests featured on the album. Engineer Robbie Moore calls it "adding to the party," a process where an organic interwovenness is joyfully unleashed. But in the hands of Mulrooney -- and the significant company he keeps --
Misneach
is also the clearest and most live-sounding that Tau & the Drones of Praise have been yet. The songs are brimming with energy but are never overblown or melodramatic, even as grand ideas coincide with arrangements that, despite their depth, remain wholly unpretentious and earthed. Cultures, languages and gods tie together.
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