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November is a song of appreciation of this much maligned month. A song of embracing the melancholy and grey days, lighting candles to light our way into the cold darkness of winter. The longing for summers past, but the inevitable trajectory into the future.

The song is in its essence a painting of November, with its moodswings and tumultous nature.

Thanks for listening.

Ahoy! Side B

November

Inspired by those who may have been described as ‘spirited’ or ‘lively’ as children! Halfway There is a song of unconditional love and is close to Ellie’s heart.

Halfway There

http://cormaco.bandcamp.com
http://www.cormaco.net
http://www.facebook.com/cormacmusic
http://www.twitter.com/cocaoimh
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https://itunes.apple.com/ie/artist/cormac-o-caoimh/id264279458
http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/CormacOCaoimh



There Is A World . Release Date Aug 25th 2023

Massive thanks to 
Aoife Regan (vocals)
& Martin Leahy (drums and bass)
For playing on There Is A World

Mixed by Adam Whittaker (mixedbyadam.com)
Mastered by Hafod Mastering
 
“One day or another, Cormac O Caoimh will be unanimously considered one of the greatest melodists in the history of pop-music” - Le Village Pop

“Acoustic Gems from the Cork singer-songwriter. Each song superglues to the memory " **** Mojo Magazine

**** "There are echoes of terrific songwriters here – the likes of Lloyd Cole, Paul Simon, Eels’ Mark E Everett, and Prefab Sprout’s Paddy McAloon filter through – but O Caoimh’s personalized worldview makes the material his own" - The Irish Times

"There is true magic here" - Folk Words

There Is A World

There Is A World - Cormac O Caoimh

Mind Trip is the first of a three part release

Mind Trip

Raiza - Mind Trip (Produced by MANUEL)

Recorded all in one day in Berlin's Famous Gold Watch studio. Porcupine is a joint EP from Irish, Berlin-based songwriters Mark Loughrey & Joey Gavin,

The Next Verse

F.I.D.O. is for the countless artists who labour to perfect their work, manifest their passions and achieve success, only to be left screaming into the void for years on end. It’s about the ridiculousness of dreams and the temptation of surrender. We’re made fools by our expectations of the music industry and the life of an artist, coaxed by visions of giants from a bygone era. The iconic rockstar is dead, or worse yet, duplicated posthumously in a vapid monetary mockery. It seems impossible nowadays for an independent artist to ever get heard, break out, be seen. When art is entwined with identity, emptiness can feel like death.
Why do we even try? Where does that spark come from, and is it at all worth trying to keep it alive? If an artist is neither seen nor heard, do they even make a sound?

If an artist is neither seen nor heard, 
Do they even (really) make a sound?
Suspended in the ether,
Occupying space.
I’m waiting for those blinking lights to go out.

This can’t be it, holding tufts of grass,
Pulled into space, growing cold and letting go,
Summoned by no one, visions of falsehoods,
Diluted veins. I should have chosen better dreams.

This can’t be it, I’m not ready to go.
Falling into black, armed with nothing to show,
I don’t know what I’m doing here,
Or what I am, or what’s the point? 

I’m dying.

F.I.D.O.

Fresh On The Net is a music blog hosted by Tom Robinson and Team Freshnet, offering independent artists an open door and a level playing field for their music. Our inbox is open at http://freshonthenet.co.uk every Monday to Thursday morning - if you share a track with us there it will be heard by every member of our moderation team.

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Since releasing his solo EP ‘Pocket Toy’ in Spring of 2020, Tom Hockney gathered a team of veterans from Hull’s live music scene the likes of ‘System Paralysis’, ‘NOUR’ and ‘Smiling Assassin’, to bring you Bedsit. Combining their powers during the dark months of lockdown, Bedsit have crafted a stunning, intimate set of anguish and anger channelled through the paramount sound of the 90s to bring you something altogether new.

F.I.D.O.

BEDSIT