Watch: New Music Video from Galway’s Cubs

Rusted Rail, Galway's longest-running indie record label, recently released a double album by Galway's psychedelic folk-voyagers, Cubs, and now there's a cool new music video you can watch too!

River of Amber / FrozenWaterfall, the fourth album by the left-of-field folky group emerges at a time when folk-influenced music has risen again in Ireland, though Cubs have been ploughing their own furrow since 2006! Many parallel tributaries come together to form this album, from upbeat forest-folk fingerpicking to mellow mood pieces, with detours into sun-dappled songcraft and snowbound fireside folk melodies. To get a taste of this excellent work of art, watch the new video for 'Forest Gate' below, which is taken from the new album!

The fruits of remote recording sessions conducted during the ongoing global pandemic, these twin albums reflect the times they were made in. Frozen Waterfall was originally a download-only release in the summer of 2020 and now finds a home on Compact Disc (in a gorgeous 6-panel gatefold sleeve) alongside the newer suite of recordings that make up River of Amber. The sister-albums share similar musical DNA and act as sonic mirrors to each other, so they make the perfect pair. The album finds Cubs traversing territories and sonic space inhabited by ghosts, birds and bells, weaving together a fine patchwork of spooked campfire ballads and space-age folk transmissions. From their homes to yours, may this album provide solace to all.

The album is now available to order on Rusted Rail's Bandcamp or you can pick up a physical copy in the legendary local record store, Bell Book & Candle.