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Hope amid the loss as Shannon singer launches latest album

SHANNON’S David Hope will launch his new album ‘…And The Sea’ at the Swive stage in Shannon Town Centre on Friday at 6pm. Admission is free for the launch of what is his fifth album, which both lyrically and musically is the deepest dive Hope has taken into his songwriting and recording. Through capturing a mix of raw emotional acoustic tracks and full band epics, this makes for his most complete album to date. David said much of the album relates to a bereavement. “This album is largely my attempt to find the words to deal with the loss of my father, a man I loved to the moon and back and respected deeply. He was every bit as much my Dad as he was my best friend; so letting go and saying goodbye was and is terribly hard. “While in the effort to find the words to express my grief and love for him, I also found the words …

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