Contemporary off the success of his acclaimed Northern Eire Music Prize-nominated album, ‘Welcome To The Home Of I Don’t Know,’ Gareth Dunlop has returned with ‘Dwell From The Home Of I Don’t Know.’ That includes stripped-back, stay renditions, he invitations listeners to embrace the songs of their most private format.
On this sincere dialog with Gareth, we mentioned revisiting the songs, the recording expertise, and what’s subsequent….
Hello Gareth, how are you?
Doing positive and dandy!
Your new album, ‘Dwell From The Home Of I Don’t Know’, is out now, that includes reimagined variations of tracks from ‘Welcome To The Home Of I Don’t Know’. What impressed you to revisit these songs and create new renditions?
After we have been making the studio album we spent our evenings collectively within the Strangford home… utilizing it as extra of a base of operations to speak by means of album manufacturing and the way we have been going to deal with issues within the studio the following day. Most evenings I’d have a guitar in my lap as we sang by means of concepts and I believe the notion of coming again to that home for one thing was on the playing cards fairly shortly.
Initially we’d deliberate to movie some stay periods of the album tracks and it form of spiralled into its personal launch.
What was the expertise like returning to those tracks, and the way did you method them in another way this time round?
It turned out to be an unimaginable expertise however to be sincere I used to be fairly nervous going into it… I wasn’t actually sure if it will work.
The restrictions of recording stay in an untreated front room meant we needed to method every thing in another way. Due to mic bleed – every thing needed to be performed at a fairly low quantity which in flip had a large impact on the preparations. Every part grew to become an experiment in ‘much less is extra’.
Every music was recorded in a single take, stay along with your band in a home overlooking Strangford Lough in County Down – an area described as having a worn-in attraction. How do you are feeling that secluded setting formed the album’s general ambiance?
It’s a slower tempo of dwelling typically down there by the coast…only a few distractions… simply the sound of the waves.
The sound of the lounge itself form of dictated how we approached every take. Something too bombastic or loud and the room virtually fought again towards us… I believe that, combined with the remoteness of the home, undoubtedly rubbed off on us all and influenced the undertaking.
Whereas the objective of the file is to really feel uncooked and stripped-back, did it take time to land on the right take for every music?
More often than not was spent downside fixing and simply attempting out concepts earlier than we went for take. As soon as we felt like we’d cracked the fitting method we usually took 4-5 takes of every music and picked the very best one.
By breaking every monitor right down to its necessities, the emotion and private lyrics really feel much more uncovered. Do you assume this highlights the album’s core themes of self-reflection, love, and loss?
I believe it does… or at the least I hope it does… Stripping every thing proper again doesn’t give the lyrics anyplace to cover. The songs really feel nearer to tips on how to they have been written.
You’re at present on tour with Duke Particular throughout the UK – have there been any standout moments or favorite recollections from the highway up to now?
It’s been an unimaginable tour! Duke has a few of the nicest followers on the planet! Each gig has been so beautiful…
Memorable for the unsuitable causes could be breaking down on the M6 and getting towed 60 miles in the wrong way… we made the gig simply in time!
You’re changing into a distinguished voice within the Northern Irish music scene, not too long ago incomes a nomination for Album of the 12 months on the 2024 Northern Irish Music Awards. Which Northern Irish artists are you at present listening to and loving?
I’m loving an superior band known as Vera on the minute! Nice songs, manufacturing and sound! One other native band I’m actually loving is Polar Bolero – I received to play a present with them some time again they usually blew me away!
What major emotion or feeling do you hope listeners take away from ‘Dwell From The Home Of I Don’t Know’?
For anybody who’s heard the studio file – I hope they hear this stay album and uncover the songs once more in a brand new mild. That’s how I felt once we have been recording it… I heard issues I hadn’t heard earlier than and took some new meanings within the lyrics.
And eventually, trying forward, what’s subsequent for you after this launch?
I’ve received some festivals dates developing all through the summer time and I’m on the point of hit the highway with Crash Check Dummies for a couple of exhibits in Could! Apart from that I’ve earmarked a few weeks within the studio to check out some new songs earlier than we begin prepping for the UK tour in November.