Sans Chateaux is the music of Cork’s Austin Moore.
Writing and recording under this name since 2010, Austin has released two projects: a self-titled EP in 2012 and an album — Aspendale — in 2016.
He is now back with a second album — Ephemeral Heights – due to be released on September 13th 2019. Ahead of the release, he has shared the stunning title track.
The single is about going on a trip and being unable to resist the dread at the end of a good experience, while that experience is still going on.
Austin says: ‘I tried to liken a holiday to a lucid dream that is positive and from which you know you’re about to wake but resist as much as possible. However, the effort to resist highlights the fact that the end is coming, ultimately causing an unfortunate fixation on the return to the banal.‘
The single features fellow Cork musicians Annie Blake on electric and upright bass, Bríd Dwyer on violin, and Dan Walsh on drums. It was recorded and mixed by Kevin J Power and mastered by Alan Douches.
Sans Chateaux celebrates his album launch live at Sounds from a Safe Harbour (SFSH) festival in Cork, 5.30pm, Friday 13th September at the Crane Lane. The show is part of the Heineken Free Music Trail, curated by SFSH, in association with Nialler9. Admission is free.
Stream: https://soundcloud.com/sanschateaux/07-ephemeral-heights-wav-cd/s-3Mrk9
(Event details: https://www.cranelanetheatre.ie/live-music/sans-chateaux-album-launch/)
