All The Luck in the World - How The Ash Felt (Vinyl)

The third album from Irish trio All The Luck In The World, released on Humming Records, finds Neil Foot, Ben Connolly and Kelvin Barr at their most complete and affecting. Written across New York, the French west coast, Ireland's east coast and their adopted home of Berlin, it's a record haunted by memory: grief, heartbreak and the passing of time, sung out in gorgeously layered harmonies over delicate fingerpicked guitar and a shimmering electronic undercurrent. Opener Five Feathers spirals from a childhood image of a cowboy hat into rich reminiscence, while Talons, written in Kilmuckridge on the Wexford coast, and the string-laced Rue de l'Enfer form the album's tender emotional core. Quietly cinematic alt-folk that rewards close listening.