Sour Blood & Chósta

SOUR BLOOD (Kevin Gleeson) explores the degradation of memory and the workings of the subconscious in his haunting debut single, Sleep Paralysis. Since launching the music of Sour Blood with a sold out live show at Dublin Dance Festival in 2019, Gleeson has spent lockdown developing the sonic language of his debut record 'Good Nevers', released June 25th 2021. Gleeson's enigmatic voice forms the core of this language, accompanied by an assemblage of staccato strings, chanting keys and primordial percussion, smeared through analogue tape effects. The result carves out an otherworldly space, straddling the line between memory and dream. A Tipperary born sound designer for theatre, Gleeson is a long time collaborator with award-winning Irish theatre company Dead Centre and has previously worked on acclaimed productions at leading international venues, including Schaubühne, Berlin & Burgtheater, Vienna. On Good Nevers, he collaborates with Brendan Jenkinson (Maria Somerville, Cloud Castle Lake, Aoife Nessa Frances) on production and mixing duties.