Plain Sight

A Change

Sooner Or Later

Your Better

New single from Participant
 
Produced by Stephen Tiernan 
Co-Produced by Paul O'Hare and Ber Quinn
Mixed by Ber Quinn
Mastered by Richard Dowling at Wav Mastering
Art by Ian O'Neill

Leave Me Here

Kobina (First Second Label) remix of Leave Me Here

https://soundcloud.com/kobina

Leave Me Here - Kobina Remix

Villagers Remix of Participant's Your Better

Mastered by Richard Dowling at Wav Mastering.

Your Better - Villagers Remix

Your Better -  Villagers Remix

Club Edit.

Mastered by Richard Dowling at Wav Mastering

Your Better - Villagers Remix - Club Edit

Taken from the limited edition cassette ‘Sampler’ available from Bandcamp

https://participantmusic.bandcamp.com/album/sampler

Written and Produced by Stephen Tiernan
Violin arranged and performed by Gareth Quinn Redmond
Vocals recorded at The Snug by Ber Quinn
Mixed by Ber Quinn
Mastered by Wav Mastering Ireland
Art by Ian O'Neill

Next Year

James Darkin's remix of Participant's 'Your Better'. 

https://www.jamesdarkin.com

Art by Ian O'Neill.

Participant - Your Better (James Darkin Remix)

Your Better - James Darkin Remix

The first single taken from 'Modern Retelling'. Participant's latest EP due in 2019

Written, Recorded, and Produced by Stephen Tiernan
Strings by Éna Brennan
Mixed by Ber Quinn
Mastered by Richard Dowling at Wav Mastering
Artwork By Ian O'Neill

Modern Retelling

Coast

Look for meaning,
get distracted
Buy a picture frame,
leave it empty

It might sit there for the winter, spring,
and summer too

In the Autumn,
I lose my mind
I’m breaking promises,
ahead of time

I know I said that I would meet you,
but I don’t feel well

It’s probably nothing,
I’ll be fine
It’s probably nothing,
another lie

Glimpsing that same old life,
out of the corner of your eye
Reading that book he loved,
hearing that song she played

Fingernails on pale skin
Shaking steel as medicine

Look for meaning,
get distracted
Buy a picture frame,
leave it empty

In the Autumn,
I lose my mind
I’m breaking promises,
ahead of time

Written, Recorded, and Produced by Stephen Tiernan 
Strings by Gareth Quinn Redmond
Additional Percussion by Diarmuid Brennan
Mixed by Ber Quinn 
Mastered by Richard Dowling at Wav Mastering 
Artwork By Ian O'Neill

Medicine

Look for meaning,
get distracted
Buy a picture frame,
leave it empty

It might sit there for the winter, spring,
and summer too

In the Autumn,
I lose my mind
I’m breaking promises,
ahead of time
I know I said that I would meet you,
but I feel unwell

It’s probably nothing,
I’ll be fine
It’s probably nothing,
another lie

Glimpsing that same old life,
out of the corner of your eye
Reading that book he loved,
hearing that song she played

Fingernails on pale skin
Shaking steel as medicine

Look for meaning,
get distracted
Buy a picture frame,
leave it empty

In the Autumn,
I lose my mind
I’m breaking promises,
ahead of time

Written, Recorded & Produced by Stephen Tiernan

Strings - Gareth Quinn Redmond - A Year of Things I Didn't Say, Death of a Loved One, Medicine 
Strings - Éna Brennan - Coast
Drums - Diarmuid Brennan - Death of a Loved One, Medicine 
Mixing - Ber Quinn 
Mastering - John Webber at AIR Studios London 
Artwork - Evan Barry
Design - Ian O'Neill & Kevin Herlihy

Hear some shit inside your head,
as we float by the coast
Tremble ever so slightly,
of course, you notice

Stick-thin disaster,
I could have worshipped harder
My ambient fiction,
your sombre salt laughter and tears collide,
on your cheek,
mercifully

Lie, cling to the ritual,
routine as distraction
Relinquish control right at the edge,
I put my fear in my hand luggage

Stick-thin disaster,
I could have worshipped harder
My ambient fiction,
your sombre salt laughter and tears collide,
on your cheek,
mercifully

I can’t help this feeling I get,
I’m not supposed to be here at all
Eyes closed, jaw set, fists clenched,
to spit in the face of God (what God is that)
Like a shadow stalks the water (what shape is that)
strange thoughts cross my mind
I can’t help this feeling I get

Crash-land love right into me,
my heart's in my throat

Written, Recorded & Produced by Stephen Tiernan

Strings - Gareth Quinn Redmond - A Year of Things I Didn't Say, Death of a Loved One, Medicine 
Strings - Éna Brennan - Coast
Drums - Diarmuid Brennan - Death of a Loved One, Medicine 
Mixing - Ber Quinn 
Mastering - John Webber at AIR Studios London 
Artwork - Evan Barry
Design - Ian O'Neill & Kevin Herlihy

If you're as overwhelmed as I am,
try not to think about,
your own sudden death
or the death of a loved one

If you're as underwhelmed as I am,
try not to listen to,
the voices outside your own head

Cause I'm just trying to be some better man,
of influence
Unshakable
Before we're done,
you'll say I'm right
We all close our eyes,
believing the lies of a loved one

The lies of a loved one

Written, Recorded & Produced by Stephen Tiernan

Strings - Gareth Quinn Redmond - A Year of Things I Didn't Say, Death of a Loved One, Medicine 
Strings - Éna Brennan - Coast
Drums - Diarmuid Brennan - Death of a Loved One, Medicine 
Mixing - Ber Quinn 
Mastering - John Webber at AIR Studios London 
Artwork - Evan Barry
Design - Ian O'Neill & Kevin Herlihy

Death of a Loved One

Postpone all futures,
delay all departures
Permit my addiction,
sure, indulge the children too

I needed to know you sooner
I still need to hold you closer

But twenty-one years as a cynic,
half of it sick in the city
I gave all my tears to the buildings,
I hid my affairs from siblings

I just need to trust you sooner
I still think I owe you some answers

So love stumbled sideways,
I'll take the blame
Praising the image
outside the frame
A lost cause
Just distant
Can you tell the difference

A Year of things I didn't say


Written, Recorded & Produced by Stephen Tiernan

Strings - Gareth Quinn Redmond - A Year of Things I Didn't Say, Death of a Loved One, Medicine 
Strings - Éna Brennan - Coast
Drums - Diarmuid Brennan - Death of a Loved One, Medicine 
Mixing - Ber Quinn 
Mastering - John Webber at AIR Studios London 
Artwork - Evan Barry
Design - Ian O'Neill & Kevin Herlihy

A Year of Things I Didn't Say

Ambient indie music person in Dublin, Ireland. My name doesn't really have a full stop. 

Participant.

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