The Breath announce Keep it Safe EP

One track Too Many Have Gone was released in the summer to coincide with their performance at the WOMAD Festival and a new track Keep it Safe is available now. The full four song collection, which also includes the songs Unravelling and Close to the Bone, follows on 1 November.

LISTEN TO KEEP IT SAFE

Keep it Safe denotes the struggle for balance and revisits a time of personal shut down. The beauty of what your mind can do to protect you when your heart is sore.

the only way is for home

Ríoghnach is speaking of her need to return home as things unravel. The piano parts mirroring and symbolising the trickling down effect on other aspects of life, of asynchronous parts, and the ‘falling down’ feeling when you are “out at sea with yourself”.

Let the wind keep you safe, keep it born on your wave
keep it fierce to the flame, let it all burn away 

But the guidance is not to remain in shut down, It is to not be afraid to feel it, in your own time. Get to the ocean, stand at the vista – be small, let nature take the helm. Let the waves break on your face, feel the physical sensation akin to helplessness in the face of the elements. It will soothe, and it can heal.

end the light in the way and the shortness of days
in this dark, dark place, let it set in
don’t be afraid of the morn
don’t be afraid of the cold
don’t be afraid of your head

keep it safe

Ríoghnach Connolly and Stuart McCallum have already had one of their busiest years of live shows together in 2024, and November seems them return to Ireland for another week of gigs. They have also recently announced a new London show in February 2025 at King’s Place:

October
11        CARDIFF Llais Wales Millennium Centre
November
9          BELFAST, Duncairn Events Centre
10        RUSH, Millbank Theatre
11         DUBLIN, Whelans Live
12        LIMERICK, Record Room
13        CORK, Coughlan’s Bar
14        GALWAY, Taibhdhearc Theatre
15        BRIDGNORTH, St Leonard’s Church
16        NORTHWICH, The Salt Works Sessions
December
7          ULVERSTON, Bardsea Malt Kiln
February 2025
20        LONDON, King’s Place
21        BRIGHTON, Folklore Rooms

Tickets available here

RWS168 The Breath – Keep it Safe
Keep it Safe
Unravelling
Too Many Have Gone
Close to the Bone

Available on all digital platforms: https://lnk.to/RWS168