“The song comes first,” Fionn Regan has said of his songwriting process, “then the sonic palate, then the words give a sense of place, or landscape.” Referring to his latest full-length, Cala, the words of the Irish musician couldn’t be more apt in describing the spacious folk of the album’s second single, “Riverside Heights,” which he’s sharing today as a lyric video.
Over sparse Spanish guitar, Regan’s voice gently sets the scene of a warm summer night. With hardly more than backing harmonies and twinkling keys gracing each chorus, the song is quite peaceful, and at two-and-a-half minutes it’s over before you know it.
“This song has an atmosphere of a summer night and has somewhat of a dreamlike quality,” confirms Regan. “I have no idea how songs arrive, they just somehow do. I wrote it really fast when I was in Majorca. It also is performed on a Spanish guitar which is featured in a lot of my songs.”
Cala is out tomorrow, August 9, via Abbey Records. You can pre-order it here.
