Isthmus (album)

Isthmus was recorded after O'Muineachain returned to Ireland from the Czech Republic, and was inspired by the landscape of the Erris region.[5] The album features field recordings and collaborations with cellist Akito Goto.[6] The album had its radio premiere on The Stephen McCauley Show on BBC Radio Ulster on 30 August 2022.[7] The lead single "Lost Fishermen" was broadcast on KEXP,[8] An Taobh Tuathail,[9] KXCI,[10] BBC 6 Music,[11] and Açık Radyo.[12] The album premiered on It's Psychedelic Baby! Magazine on September 27.[13]

Mike Mineo of Obscure Sound wrote: "There’s an immediate charm to the album’s scenic and lush composure."[14] Nialler9 wrote that the album was “delicately poised and reflective in nature.”[15] Raffael Russo reviewed the album positively in the Italian music magazine Rockerilla.[16] In their New and Notable section, the website Bandcamp wrote: "Seamus O’Muineachain takes us to his hometown of Belmullet, Ireland through patient, pensive ambient composition."[17] Writing for Spectrum Culture, Pat Padua said "The EP takes less than 27 minutes to tell its story, but that brief time is used to communicate the patient appreciation of a dreamlike existence on the other side of the world."[3] Simon Lewis of Ptolemaic Terrascope called the album "a gentle, unhurried set of songs which demand to be taken as a whole and when done so prove to be a balm for the soul."[18] It was included on Star's End list of significant releases of 2022.[19]

• Seamus O'Muineachain – piano, guitar, keyboard, synth, percussion, dulcimer, field recordings, production
• Akito Goto – cello

• Isthmus on Bandcamp