Release (feat. Sinéad O’Connor)

Afro Celt Sound System

‘Release’ is in many ways Afro Celt Sound System‘s most personal and autobiographical track. It starts with an ambient drone and ancestral invocation, Iarla Ó Lionáird‘s dark vocals sharing the stage with the vocals of Sinéad O’Connor.

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