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Ireland\u2019s music scene is absolutely thriving right now. Fontaines D.C.\u2019s<\/a> Romance<\/em> was an easy contender for 2024\u2019s album of the year, while Kneecap\u2019s<\/a> politically charged rap has seen them become some of hip-hop\u2019s most provocative pioneers. Beyond them, the likes of Gilla Band have consistently pushed noise-punk forwards over the past decade and a half, while Bricknasty are perhaps the next act up, with creativity that\u2019s hard to label.<\/p>\n And running through all these artists, there\u2019s a thread that connects them all \u2013 distinct senses of Irishness that\u2019s explored in their own ways via their work. With lullahush\u2019s<\/a> impending album Ithaca<\/a><\/em>, set to release via Future Classic tomorrow, April 11, he adds his own spin to the growing canon of the country\u2019s contemporary music. <\/p>\n Blending traditional Gaelic folk sounds that include Sean-n\u00f3s singing and twanging guitars with experimental electronics, it\u2019s an eye-widening clash between past and future, with very little in-between. Ithaca\u2019s<\/em> \u201cThe objects I chose are suffused with my own personal history, there are ghosts in each of them. They say: \u2018This is me, this is my life, this is what I\u2019ve done, this is what I\u2019m doing, I am here,\u2019\u201d he explains of his picks. \u201cThe permanence of objects rejects the transience of the digital. All we have in this life is time and physical objects express that accumulation of a life. That can\u2019t be felt digitally. All of the screen\u2019s pixels will eventually dissolve.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nlead single \u2018Maggie na bhFlaitheas<\/a>\u2019 serves as an introduction to the project, opening with glittering plucked strings that quickly descends into hectic, heads-down techno workout topped by a rapidly evolving flute motif. To celebrate the album\u2019s release, lullahush joins us for Analogue Appreciation<\/a><\/em> \u2013 our series celebrating the power of physical culture in a world dominated by screens \u2013 and picked out five of his most cherished items.<\/p>\n