From SNUG, the entirely sung story - performed in Cork City in 2023 and 2024, words and music by John McCarthy

We Both Blow

On My Way Home

After Words

Songs from Missing Earth, for production in 2026

Nothing here

Silence silence silence

Needed us

I won't come back up

Light inside

IDV Episode 15 (Season 2): ReCast.

Rangefountain's out of HQ for the day, braving the Bocklat Plains. She's meant to be dropping by a depot to pick up an EarthFrank. It couldn't be as easy as that though, could it?   

Seventeen minutes and fifty-one seconds of aural attention will answer, conclusively. It's Hammergrin's In Darkness Vast, Episode XV - with a title its cast don't deserve. Season Two continues.   

`ReCast' features Daithí O'Donnell, Niamh Kavanagh, John McCarthy, Sara-Jane Power, Mary-Lou McCarthy, and Lucie Ryan-Donnelly. Story, script and sound by John McCarthy. 

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© Hammergrin, 2017.

In Darkness Vast: Episode 15 (Season 2)

IDV Episode 16 (Season 2): Night-Mesh & the Blades.

 Chaser of Groves Flows for the first time. We all get to listen in.

Myrtling's dropping his cargo at the Teamus HQ, and a familiar voice from Season One makes new noises, from a new place... It's the punchiest eleven minutes of audio we've produced yet. It's In Darkness Vast, Episode XVI: Night-Mesh & the Blades.

This episode contains Sara-Jane Power, Donnchadh O'Conaill, Niamh Kavanagh, Mary-Lou McCarthy, Daithí O'Donnell and John McCarthy. Story, script and sounds by John McCarthy.

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© Hammergrin, 2017.

In Darkness Vast: Episode 16 (Season 2)

IDV Episode 17 (Season 2): Ahead of the Bocklat Sun.

 Twenty minutes of more eked out of the liminal, turned by hand and for a limited time only:

Myrtling meets the mysterious machine on the Bocklat Plains, Chaser of Groves comes out of Flow, and there's a disturbing development at the ReCast Depot.

This episode arranges Daithí O'Donnell, Ciaran Fitzpatrick, Lucie Ryan-Donnelly, Niamh Kavanagh, Sara-Jane Power, Mary-Lou McCarthy and John McCarthy. Story, script and sounds by John McCarthy.

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© Hammergrin, 2017.

In Darkness Vast: Episode 17 (Season 2)

IDV Episode 18 (Season 2): Now bring in my daughter.

 `Every Teamus is summoned. We have a situation' --- Beltup.
 
At last, after 17 episodic units, we have arrived at a Situation: the Nowheres are lowing, and it's not a nice noise.

Meanwhile, EarthFrank waits for another EarthFrank, and Nervejump's mass increases suddenly. It can only be another episode of In Darkness Vast, unless a remarkably similar story under another title exists elsewhere.

This episode unleashes the stored up soundwaves of Niamh Kavanagh, Lucie Ryan-Donnelly, Mary-Lou McCarthy, Ciaran Fitzpatrick, Daithí O'Donnell and Sara-Jane Power. Story, script and sounds by John McCarthy.

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© Hammergrin, 2017.

In Darkness Vast: Episode 18 (Season 2)

IDV Episode 19 (Season 2): Turning up the Light.

 `Don't worry about me. I'm done for; I've got no body' --- Torrens.
 
Torrens has no body, he's done for, he's not to be worried about. But other concerns remain, embodied and undone. Because EarthFrank's been given a Skinthetic and a Nervejump Flowdose and he's about to Flow as himself...

Here you hear Lucie Ryan-Donnelly, Daithí O'Donnell, John McCarthy, Ciaran Fitzpatrick, Niamh Kavanagh, Sara-Jane Power and Donnchadh O'Conaill. Story, script and sounds by John McCarthy.

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© Hammergrin, 2017.

In Darkness Vast: Episode 19 (Season 2)

IDV Episode 20 (Season 2): The Shuffle.

 Yes, stories have a habit of concluding, and this one will. But not before you listen to this episode, and the one after, definitely not before then.

Palos navigates the innards of the ReCast depot, on her way to the Thaw tunnel. Doom-Buggy gets dragged back into Driver mode on board his greatest enemy, and, in the Wayfarer station, wary and wearing, we meet the writers. Avert your ears and open your eyes; it's Episode XX: The Shuffle.

Vocal vessels maintained by Daithí O'Donnell, Lucie Ryan-Donnelly, Sara-Jane Power, Donnchadh O' Conaill, Niamh Kavanagh, Mary-Lou McCarthy, John McCarthy and Ciaran Fitzpatrick. Story, script and sounds by John McCarthy.

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© Hammergrin, 2017.

In Darkness Vast: Episode 20 (Season 2)

IDV Episode 21 (Season 2): Suspicious Mouse.

 `They're waiting, they're waiting, and they'll be good as new'... Palos sits in the Thaw Train, for an audio trip down memory lane. Meanwhile, one of the writers is prepped as Nowhere bait and Nervejump's radio readings need re-scanning... It's In Darkness Vast, Episode XXI: Suspicious Mouse.
 
All our vocal talent gets an outing here, in this order: Daithí O'Donnell, Niamh Kavanagh, John McCarthy, Mary-Lou McCarthy, Donnchadh O' Conaill, Sara-Jane Power, Lucie Ryan-Donnelly and Ciaran Fitzpatrick. Story, script and sounds by John McCarthy.


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© Hammergrin, 2017.

In Darkness Vast: Episode 21 (Season 2)

IDV Episode 22 (Season 2): Young EarthFrank's 1st Mission.

 The Thaw Train closes in on its destination. At the other end of the tunnel the Display Globe tries to educate the sole remaining soul of the ReCast Depot. Outside, our hastily assembled search team of two EarthFranks, a Chaser and three Teamus put their differences aside in the search for Palos. Yes, you guessed it: it's the twenty second episode of In Darkness Vast and it's called Young EarthFrank's 1st Mission.
 
Featuring: Daithí O'Donnell, Mary-Lou McCarthy, Ciaran Fitzpatrick, John McCarthy, Niamh Kavanagh, Sara-Jane Power, Lucie Ryan-Donnelly and Donnchadh O' Conaill. Story, script and sounds by John McCarthy.

Web: www.hammergrin.com | Twitter: @Hammergrin | Facebook: facebook.com/hammergrin |  Email: idv@hammergrin.com | Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/InDarknessVast

© Hammergrin, 2017.

In Darkness Vast: Episode 22 (Season 2)

IDV Episode 23 (Season 2): Living Breathing Say-So.

 The writers are out of options, the Curator nears the ReCast Depot and Chaser nears the sphere. But what's become of Palos? And for that matter, Nervejump? Find out now, in the penultimate episode of Season Two.
 
Featuring: Lucie Ryan-Donnelly, Mary-Lou McCarthy, Ciaran Fitzpatrick, Sara-Jane Power, Daithí O'Donnell, Niamh Kavanagh and John McCarthy. Story, script and sounds by John McCarthy.

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© Hammergrin, 2017.

In Darkness Vast: Episode 23 (Season 2)

IDV Episode 24 (Season 2): New Crew.

 There's a major situation in the Situation Room, Nowhere Beasts very much there and massing on Bocklat's plains, and the assorted bodies inside the Wayfarer Station needing to find a serious way out. And all intent, once again, on the Nervejump... 
  
It's the finale of season two, packed full of alarm bells and ominous bass noise...  

With vocal relief from Niamh Kavanagh, Lucie Ryan-Donnelly, Daithí O'Donnell, Mary-Lou McCarthy, Sara-Jane Power, Donnchadh O'Conaill, John McCarthy and Ciaran Fitzpatrick. Story, script and sounds by John McCarthy.

Let us know if you'll listen to Season Three, on www.hammergrin.com | Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/InDarknessVast

© Hammergrin, 2017.

In Darkness Vast: Episode 24 (Season 2)

A gripping mind warp in space-time and sound. The adventures of the Nervejump and its initially unsuspecting crew, who come to learn they've been generated entirely for the experience of others. 24 episodes follow the unravelling of HARNESS's best laid plans, and the coming of age of the surviving crew members. 

The first season is set on board the Nervejump, with a few off-craft forays. The second season is entirely set on Bocklat, where we begin to learn more about the murky workings of HARNESS, the apparently benign governing system of the universe.

Each episode features multiple voice actors, all recorded in Cork, Ireland, and entirely original scoring. A third season is currently in the works. Watch this space!  

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Written and produced by John McCarthy

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