‘Wild’ is the new single from Sun Collective, featuring world renowned vocalist Lisa Hannigan & Patrick O’Laoghaire I Have a Tribe. Produced by Ross Turner (Lisa Hannigan, Villagers), recorded by Ber Quinn (John Grant, Divine Comedy), with accompanying film by award winning director / writer and VFX specialist, Kevin Cahill (VFX – Game of Thrones, Star Wars). It is being released in conjunction with they’re appearance on the internationally acclaimed series, Other Voices, April 15th on RTÉ 2 television.

Sun Collective 

Sun Collective’s densely orchestrated chamber-folk draws on pop, folk and contemporary classical music. The five piece include Caimin Gilmore (Lisa Hannigan), Patrick O’Laoghaire (I Have a Tribe), Kevin Corcoran (Villagers), Dominic Mullan (Mary Coughlan) and Oisín Walsh Peelo (O Deer). 

They made their Australian debut at the Woodford Folk Festival in January 2019, followed by a 6 date Australian tour. In February ‘19, they performed alongside I Have a Tribe on an intimate Homebeat tour throughout Ireland. In 2018, they performed and collaborated at the P-E-O-P-L-E Festival, alongside Stargaze, Lisa Hannigan, Big Red Machine, Adam Cohen, Greg Saunier and Beirut.  

Sun Collective is led by songwriter and double bassist Caimin Gilmore, a member of Lisa Hannigan’s band & internationally acclaimed new music groups, Crash Ensemble & s t a r g a z e. He has performed with Damon Albarn, Aaron Dessner, Justin Vernon, Squarepusher, Luluc, & recorded on numerous releases including the opening track of Leonard Cohen’s posthumous album, ‘Thanks for the Dance’. He has played with Irish acts Niamh Regan, David Kitt, Valerie Francis, Inni-K and recorded for Saint Sister and David Keenan. Broadcast highlights include Other Voices on RTÉ, The Late Late Show with James Cordon CBS, Glastonbury Festival on BBC and NPR Music New York.

The band released ‘MOVE \\ R E  M    O    V   E’  EP in August ’20. Featuring specifically commissioned visuals/videos from Myles O’Reilly for ‘Swallow’ and it’s lead track, ‘Roots’, which was placed on Spotify’s ‘Stress Buster’ playlist and now has 155K streams on Spotify. The release was met with broad critical acclaim.

Bob Fish : Folk Radio UK ✭✭✭✭✭

“Discovering this EP is like discovering you actually breathe. You simply can’t live without it.”

Lauren Murphy: The Irish Times ✭✭✭✭

“The standout of these seven tracks is the swoonsome, soaring Tides, which is one of the most uplifting songs we’ve heard all year. This gem of an album may fly under your radar, but it really shouldn’t.”

Danny McElhinney: The Irish Mail on Sunday ✭✭✭✭

“It seems likely this will be embraced wholeheartedly by fans of music of exquisite quality.”

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