New album to be launched in aid of Pieta House

LIFE Support, a compilation of exclusive tracks from some of Ireland’s top artists, is about to be released on the Delphi label on Friday, April 20 in aid of Pieta House, the suicide and self-harm crisis centre.
The album is available to buy as a CD, both online and in selected stores; and is also available as an iTunes download.
Life Support is the brainchild of Alan Jacques, a DJ on Limerick’s local radio station Live95 FM. “Pieta House is a cause close to my heart. I wanted to support and raise money for Pieta House in a practical, proactive way,” he says.
There are 18 tracks on the compilation, many of which are exclusive and among the bands included are Delorentoes, The Coronas, We Town Criers, Windings, Wallis Bird, We Cut Corners and The Flaws.
“Music is a great way to express your emotions. We’re very appreciate that so many artists have come together to support the work we do at Pieta House,” said Joan Freeman, CEO and founder of Pieta House.
“We want to remind people that we are here to help and we urge people who feel they can’t cope or who find themselves in crisis to please contact us. Our services are free of charge and we’re equipped to help people get through their crisis.”
The release of Life Support will be marked by a special gig in Dolan’s Warehouse in Limerick, on Sunday, April 22 with performances from Windings, The Brad Pitt Light Orchestra and Fox Jaw Bounty Hunters.
There will also be a gathering to mark the launch in Dublin on April 24 at the Mercantile with acoustic performances from several of the artists involved.
Pieta House provides a professional, face-to-face, free-of-charge therapeutic service for people in the acute stages of distress. The therapy is aimed at people who have attempted suicide but survived, those who have a strong urge to take their own life and those who self-harm.
Its primary aim is to reduce suicide by helping people get through that critical phase when suicide becomes a plan rather than just an idea.
Pieta House opened its doors in Lucan in 2006. Since then, it has opened four more centres, in Finglas, Tallaght and Ballyfermot in Dublin as well as a second national centre in Limerick. The same clinically based model is used across the five centres.