Thanks so much to everyone that’s listened to Love In The Time Of The State so far, and all the kind messages we’ve received. We’ve been humbled by the love!
Our wee Irish tour starts this week in the @wexfordartscentre and we’d love to see you there. Tickets available in the link in our bio
Love in The Time Of The State is out today! An album made of the times we live in and dedicated to it’s people.
Big thanks to everyone who helped us make it and get back out.
Special thanks to @johnnyfoxmusic@longevity_pr@factionmusicie
The upcoming @basciville album is their second, after 2021’s Hymns to the air. A couple of songs have been released, including Your Own Head, featuring the equally talented @ailbhereddy . The new record is a very personal and politically minded work, socially moreso, the brothers tell me. “A love letter to any attempt to make things better than they currently are. It’s feeling sick with the times but beyond hopeful that beauty and love run deeper and beyond what is fed back to us. Musically it’s more of a band sounding record, lots of live takes. It’s the most us sounding thing we’ve done and we’re very proud of it.”
On their @theinfluences session, they recorded 'Saintmaking' - another song that will be on the album. Watch the full video and covers of Elliott Smith and R.E.M. at theinfluences.com/basciville
The songs @basciville chose to cover for The Influences; R.E.M.’s 'Country Feedback' and Elliott Smith’s 'Clementine' had been on repeat in the time leading up to our visit to Kilkenny. “We thought the sound and sensibilities were something that we hoped, reflected our own."
Watch the full video of 'Clementine' (and the other 2 songs) at theinfluences.com/basciville and YouTube.
When @susanoneillmusic is singing a couple of feet away, it’s pretty hard to notice anything else really. But even so, I remember being extremely impressed by her band, by the way they showed up, adapted to the circumstances and perfectly added their parts on that session in Kilkenny in May 2024.
Fast forward to a year later, and two of them came back: brothers Cillian and Lorcan Byrne are @basciville . Their new album 'Love In The Time Of The State' will be out this year, and in the @smithwicks_ireland Experience during @kilkennyroots , they performed 'Saintmaking' from that record and covers of @rem 's 'Country Feedback' and Elliott Smith’s 'Clementine'.
Watch the full videos and interview on theinfluences.com/basciville
Enjoy the first session of 2026, loads more to come!
#ireland #irish #rem
It’s that time of year again. Here’s our song ‘Sweet October’ that has nothing and everything to do with this month.
6 years ago @caolanbarron directed this beautiful video starring our good friend @cursedmurphy in the area where we grew up - Neamstown, Kilmore Quay. This song was born out of that feeling of change that comes with the air this time of year. That change for us now means new music, which you will hear very soon. We’re excited to be releasing music again.
Recorded and mixed by @astakalapa
Thank you
