Party: Jape

Party: Jape

Seoda Shows 2nd B'day Party ft. JAPE (Album Launch)



Jape (AKA Richie Egan & friends) today announce a new single, Séance of Light.
The track is the second to be taken from the forthcoming album, ‘This Chemical
Sea’ which is set for release on January 23rd 2015.
The track is the follow up to the critically acclaimed ‘The Heart’s Desire”, the
video from which received positive acclaim across the board when premiered
recently.
The album opener, ‘Séance of Light’ is a delectable slice of pop majesty. The
track has a true sense of immediacy, kicking straight into gear with a funky bass
groove, fetching synthesizers, and an alluring beat. The prolific Richie Egan
hums and croons captivating melodies as the track frolics to a dizzying
crescendo, giving it an intensity that is sure to make it a live favourite in the not
so distant future.
After an extensive Australian and European Tour, Egan relocated to Malmo,
Sweden in 2012, where ‘Séance of Light’ was written and recorded. It is the Jape
record that Egan has not had full creative control over, asking for feedback and
input from fellow member Glen Keating, something he feels ”was inspiring and
helped me push myself so much harder.”
Conor O’Brien of Villagers also features on the record, collaborating on the track
‘Ribbon, Ribbon, Ribbon’, with the mixing left in the capable hands of the
extraordinarily talented David Wrench, who was behind the mixing of the FKA
Twigs, Caribou, and Jungle records earlier this year. Egan asserts “he was
probably one of the few people in the world I would have trusted to mix because
this record means so much to me.Having won the Choice Music Prize for the Best Irish Album twice (the only act to

do so in the history of the award), the strength of Jape’s first two singles to be
taken from ‘This Chemical Sea’ certainly leaves the group as likely contenders to
pick up the prize for a staggering third time…

Invited: Val Gunning, Marty Ryan, Emma Nailerz O' Brien, Cranky Pants, Oliver Chan, Kate O' Shea, Lesley-Anne Liddane, Jamie Lynch, Debra Drennan, Ray Burke, Hugh Griseto, Joe Sham, Chloe O' Mahony, Sarah Jane Hennelly, Neil Quaid, Brendan Mc Glynn, Luke Wilson, Sarah V. Duff, Louise Rowland, Cáit Máire Ní Dhuinnín, Margaret Hogan, Emer Casey, Kevin McGlynn, Julie Nailerz Nealon, Brad Dormaire, Steven Flynn, Raul Jerez Klosser show more »