Eugene McGuinness - Seascape

Eugene McGuinness had accepted his career in music was over. The end of his deal with Domino records, followed by a difficult self-released album, fatherhood, and just life generally, saw his personal dreams and ambitions slowly slip out onto the horizon. A period of great change, McGuinness had embraced his new work and family life- happy to leave the ugliness of the music biz behind him - but the absence of making music, and the joy the process brings, left a hole.

Ten years on from Domino, an evolved McGuinness is back- with the sun kissed ‘Seascape’. 

‘Seascape’ was conceived in the North of Ireland and explores the “yearning to feel something - awareness, presence... when most of the time you’re too busy to feel anything at all. It’s about the pursuit of that... or how those magical moments can just happen” says McGuinness.

Recorded at Liverpool’s Docklands Speed Shop with friend and producer Gajo Paco, the recording is imbued with spontaneity. Eugene, Gajo and a host of acquaintances were ‘feeling it out’ along the way, trusting the process, and encouraging a series of ‘happy accidents’ to contribute to its warmth and organic sound.

Vocal harmonies meet lush bass, vintage guitars, keys, strings and swirling Wurlitzer, with a drum machine adding to the track’s intimacy - united by McGuinness’ compelling gift for melody, and topped with his trademark lyrical flair.

Experimental and collaborative, ‘Seascape’ is the ’soup of a communal moment‘, picking up where the artist’s debut release, The Early Learnings of Eugene McGuinness, left off. A return to playfulness, rawness, and mysterious off-kilter pop from a more mature Eugene McGuinness.

Let ‘Seascape’ be the sound of your summer...

STREAM SEASCAPE HERE 
Released in collaboration with Docklands Speed Shop. 

"absolutely beautiful' 
John Kennedy, Radio X 

"Evocative, illustrative and instantly likeable"
At the Barrier

"In another dimension Eugene would be one of Britain’s biggest songwriters. Never mind; he’s back, he’s happy, he’s better than ever."
GigSlutz

"What a tune to come back with!"
Dave Monks, BBC Introducing 

"it charts a new horizon, proof that McGuinness’ tide still rises, full of freshness, sunlight, and restless possibility"
Boot Music