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URL:https://scala.co.uk/events/ciaran/
SUMMARY:Ciarán at Scala - Friday 12th March 2027 - 6:30 pm until 9:45 pm 
DESCRIPTION:\nRóisín is an Irish girls’ name that means ‘little rose
 ’. A delicate\, feminine name that at\n\n\nfirst seems at odds with Ciar
 án McDonald’s debut solo album. The music is confronting\,\n\n\nsometim
 es confusing: tender one minute then brutal the next. Róisín is also the
  middle\n\n\nname Ciarán was to be given if he’d been born a girl\, and
  it’s this line between the\n\n\nfeminine and masculine that the record 
 interrogates through pretty melodies coupled\n\n\nwith warped\, disconcert
 ing sounds. Stepping out from the adolescent moniker\n\n\nBearface\, the o
 ne-time Brockhampton member took his time finding his sound\,\n\n\nexperim
 enting with styles and approaches until it felt right. The title Róisín 
 is part of\n\n\nthe gentle reclamation of his own name\, and his Irishness
  too. The result is a record\n\n\nthat unfurls a little more every time yo
 u listen\, a little rose growing its thorns and\n\n\ncoming into bloom.\n\
 n\n\nThe heart of Róisín came from a trip to New Jersey\, when he and a 
 bunch of friends and\n\n\ncollaborators holed up in a cabin\, messing abou
 t\, making each other laugh and\n\n\nfollowing any string that felt like i
 t had potential. Found sounds\, difficult distortion\,\n\n\nplayful cresce
 ndos that peak and disperse into menacingly quiet fuzz\, Róisín is an\n\
 n\nalbum that simmers with a sense of boundless musical possibility\, the 
 sound of an\n\n\nartist breaking free of a pigeonhole. Ciarán revels in i
 ts imperfections\, deliberately\n\n\nusing pretty janky gear and finding m
 eaning where the sound behaves erratically or a\n\n\ntrack zigs when you
 ’re fully expecting a zag. As a record\, Róisín is hard to classify. I
 t\n\n\nhas guitar on every track but you wouldn’t call it a guitar recor
 d. There are hints of R&amp\;B\n\n\nand rock\, stacked and pitched vocals\
 , lush harmonies and tender melodies rubbing up\n\n\nagainst harsh sounds 
 and skewed production. Though a cast of friends and\n\n\ncollaborators hel
 ped draw it out\, what it absolutely is\, is all Ciarán.\n
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CATEGORIES:Live Music
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