Lisa O’Neill, one of the most evocative songwriters in contemporary Irish music today, has shared a new track and accompanying video for ‘Silver Seed’, taken from her upcoming album, All of This Is Chance, out February 10th, 2023. ‘Silver Seed’ follows earlier album singles ‘Old Note’ and ‘Goodnight World’. All of This Is Chance will be available on exclusive silver vinyl at indie retail and the webstore. Pre-order HERE.
The video was Directed by Myles O’Reilly, with Art direction from Donal Dineen. They manage to create an ethereal isolated atmosphere from the opening, with the figure of Lisa O’Neill kept out of focus until the first line, “Caileen be careful when wishing/Because love is not a decision”. O’Neill is an incredible performer on stage, and in front of the lens, she is no less so, making direct eye contact at well-chosen moments and playful displays during some great lines like “Don’t prickle like a holly leaf”, and displays of convincing defiance when singing “No cross can claim my gladness/Tame my madness”. This is an entrancing Lisa O’Neill at her very best.
As previously shared – All Of This Is Chance takes O’Neill’s inimitable voice to greater heights, or depths, depending on which way you look at it. Throughout all eight songs on this album, it feels like she is writing in a constant state of wonderment. Not only a portrait of the artist in love with nature but one perplexed by the ever-expanding gulf between it and modern society. O’Neill sings across that divide while simultaneously digging deep into the land, eyes transfixed on a universe of colourful birds, and beyond them, stargazing into the atomized constellations of outer space of which we ourselves are fragments.
A revolving door of esteemed musicians come and go throughout All of This Is Chance, including Joseph Doyle, O’Neill’s long-time collaborator on bass, concertina guru Cormac Begley, the aforementioned Colm Mac Con Iomaire, Kate Ellis of the Crash Ensemble, pianist Ruth O’Mahony Brady, drummer Lorcan Byrne, producer Dave Odlum on guitar, as well as Colm O’Hara on trombone, Brian Leach on hammer dulcimer, Mic Geraghty on harmonium and David Coulter on saw. Lisa’s young niece, Sadie-Mae O’Neill, supplies a precious additional voice on ‘Old Note’.
Lisa O’Neill Tour Dates
Mon, 23rd Jan – Letterkenny, IE @ Regional Cultural Centre SOLD OUT
Thu, 2nd Feb – Glasgow, UK @ The Mackintosh Church
Fri, 10th Feb – Cavan, IE @ Town Hall Cavan SOLD OUT
Sat, 11th Feb – Cavan, IE @ Town Hall Cavan
Wed, 22nd Feb – Dun Laoghaire, IE @ Pavilion Theatre SOLD OUT
Thu, 23rd Feb – Dublin, IE @ Whelan’s SOLD OUT
Thu, 16th March – Leeds, UK @ Howard Assembly Room
Fri, 17th March – York, UK @ The Black Swan SOLD OUT
Sat, 18th March – Kendal, UK @ Brewery Arts Centre
Sun, 19th March – Liverpool,UK @ Liverpool Philharmonic Hall (Music Room)
Tues, 21st March – Bristol, UK @ St George’s
Wed, 22nd March – Oxford, UK @ SJE Arts Centre
Thu, 23rd March – London, UK @ Barbican Centre
Sat, 25th March – Gateshead, UK @ Sage (Hall 2)
Sun, 26th March – Edinburgh, UK @ Voodoo Rooms
Mon, 27th March – Edinburgh, UK @ Voodoo Rooms SOLD OUT
Tues, 28th March – Manchester, UK @ Band On The Wall
Tickets via https://lisaoneill.ie/home/tour/