Beside Trawbreaga Bay, in Co Donegal, on the north coast of Ireland, in an old schoolhouse, with a suitcase full of hired recording gear, Oisin Leech strums gently on an acoustic guitar and watches the tide pull the water away from the ancient inlet – The thickness of Oisins voice soothes the room as the sound waves bounce around in the land where his ancestors still live and still wander – With a musical history that led Leech from the street punk bands of yesteryear through an ongoing stint with folk duo The Lost Brothers, he found himself for the first time working on songs to sing alone. In his mind, the songs became imagined vignette films playing behind closed, guitar eyes. After writing nearly 40 new songs in this fashion, Leech wrote “October Sun” which would become the foundation for his debut solo record, Cold Sea. 1. October Sun 2. Colour Of The Rain 3. One Hill Further 4. Maritime Radio 5. Empire 6. Malin Gales 7. Cold Sea 8. Trawbreaga Bay 9. Daylight
