While It Lasts

Music from the Hill- Indie rock from near Oxford, UK.
NIGHTSHIFT TOP TRACK FOR MONTH OCT 2025: http://nightshiftmag.co.uk/2025/oct.pdf
Latest Nightshift review Nov 24 http://nightshiftmag.co.uk/2024/nov.pdf
Nightshift review Oct 2023 Top Track http://nightshiftmag.co.uk/2023/oct.pdf
Nightshift magazine demo review (Nov 2022): 
http://nightshiftmag.co.uk/2022/nov.pdf
Nightshift demo review from Jan 2022: http://nightshiftmag.co.uk/2022/jan.pdf
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Songs from the edge of somewhere. Bluesy, soulful rock with roots in folk and blues, shaped by years of traveling and chasing sound.

My debut album Strange Part of the Country earned ★★★★ from Q Magazine, a Blues Matters cover feature, and reached #3 on the U.S. Alternative Radio Chart, with airplay on BBC Radio 2, WWOZ New Orleans, and KROQ Los Angeles. Peter Green (Fleetwood Mac), Marc Ribot, and Danny Thompson have all been part of the journey.

I’m now finishing a new album with Marc Ribot, Tchad Blake, and Danny Thompson — music that digs deep, raw and real.

Watch the Official video for 'Ogre' here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQKQAim-dmQ
The Nation Mourns is the musical brain child of Irish songwriter Neil O Shea. Growing up with a wide range of blues and rock influence, it was the haunting timbre of artist such as Tom Waits, Nick Drake, and Jackson C Frank drew him to songwriting. His Song-craft leads to lyrics of landscapes and leaving for home. While subtle melancholic melodies draw you ever further into the music. 

"[The Nation Mourns’] gift for storytelling is clear to see" 
Hot Press Magazine

"‘Ogre’ is a hypnotic listen that makes the ground you’re walking on wobble. Neil O Shea’s voice is brimming with so much emotion, it’s difficult not to be completely consumed by this record."
Chalkpit Records

"I’m not even in a cup of tea, listen to folk music mood and I’ve stopped dead on this tune. Delighted to announce that Ireland has another huge prospect"
The Sound Sniffer

"a signature sound that takes accepted musical norms, turns them on their head and grabs them by the scruff of the neck."
The Corkman

Composer, producer, creator. 

Guildhall School Of Music And Drama. 

chrisshort14@gmail.com

alt: @chir-on

Hi. Welcome to my page! I hope you enjoy my music. Feel free to drop me a line or comment :)

The band came together by accident when Rj Samuels and the original band members met on FB and just wanted to Jam. Since then the outfit has grown into the current lineup of:
Rj Samuels
Friday McAllister
Ellis Manhattan
Celenka
Dayna Shannan
Ailish McCafferty

Don't worry, friends, 90% of my replies to your comments are deleted on their own (with the help of SC)... but I appreciate your messages and I'm listening to you.

Thanks to all my friends who agreed to lend their voices and their texts.
In alphabetical order (And out of gallantry...Ladies first):

Albert Paule
Special Cecilia
Wildsilences
Epicsoundtracks
Frawstakwa
Gommearababic
Ian Greaves (IPG1)
Jumpingbunny
Maedali
Marty Andersson
Monsieur Madeleine
Wonie Z

Je dois aussi remercier Eric Miller qui m'a donné le goût de me lancer dans l'EDM et ses conseils m'ont été des plus précieux. Eric Miller est un compositeur très estimé pour son talent de mélodiste. Il a produit un album chez pomme music en 1995, a coécrit avec     Jean- Loup Dabadie, a collaboré avec Michel Berger, Jean-PierreJaniaud, Hervé Roy, Hervé Leduc, etc... Il collabore à Performing Arts et assiste régulièrement Sarah Sanders. 

https://soundcloud.com/ericmillercompositeur?utm_source=clipboard&utm_m
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