''Blue Moon Set'' is the fourth solo album by
Irish ambient
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Music and sound
* Ambience (sound recording), also known as atmospheres or backgrounds
* Ambient music, a genre of music that puts an emphasis on tone and atmosphere
* ''Ambient'' (album), by Moby
* ...
musician
Seamus Ó Muíneacháin
Jimmy Monaghan (Irish: Seamus Ó Muíneacháin) is an Irish musician from Belmullet, Ireland. He is the lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter for the anti-folk band Music for Dead Birds. He has also released music under different names includin ...
. The album was broadcast on several major
radio stations, including
BBC Radio 6
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,
RTÉ
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,
KEXP, and
WFMU, and received a positive critical reception.
Background and release
The album was recorded in O'Muineachain's hometown of
Belmullet
Belmullet (, IPA: bʲeːlənˠˈwʊɾˠhəd̪ˠ is a coastal Gaeltacht town with a population of 1,019 on the Mullet Peninsula in the barony (Ireland), barony of Erris, County Mayo, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is the commercial and cul ...
, County Mayo, Ireland, from January to March 2020, and was subsequently released during the first wave of the
COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland. The album had its premier on
KDHX
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on 17 March 2020, and was released three days later, both digitally and as a limited edition blue
cassette tape
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, on March 20. Several music videos were created for the album, including a video for 'Slow Closing Day' by Irish experimental film-maker
Maximilian Le Cain.
Track listing
# "Crestfalling" – 3:34
# "In The Burrows" – 2:41
# "The Space Where You Once Were" – 3:33
# "Windows/Chloe" – 5:53
# "Slow Closing Day" – 4:07
# "Try" – 3:34
# "Brambles" – 3:19
# "Still" – 3:34
# "Rushlight The Factories" – 4:18
References
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Jimmy Monaghan albums
2020 albums