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Trá Pháidín have unveiled details of their forthcoming album, Cloch ‘s Claí (Stone & Wall), due for release on September 25th through World of Echo. Formed in 2019, the ever-shifting collective brings together musicians from across Ireland, who draw from Irish traditional music, and various other influences like jazz, folk and krautrock. Deeply rooted in Gaeilge and the culture of the Gaeltacht, they’ve become one of the most distinctive and adventurous voices to emerge from the contemporary traditional scene.

Marking their first release for World of Echo, Cloch ‘s Claí takes Ireland’s dry-stone walls as both its inspiration and central metaphor, using them as a lens to explore the Gaeltacht, the Irish language and wider social themes. Across ten tracks, the album embraces the improvisational nature of traditional music, with each performance taking on a different shape.

To herald the announcement, Trá Pháidín have shared the first single, ‘An Béal Bocht’, an exuberant and jubilant track inspired by Myles na gCopaleen’s 1941 classic novel An Béal Bocht. The single comes with an accompanying video directed by Peadar Tom Mercier, and you can watch it below.