One Leg One Eye - ...And Take The Black Worm With Me [CD]

As a founding member of Dublin experimental folk group LANKUM, Ian Lynch explores submerged leylines of music and song. His solo project One Leg One Eye sees him taking a fresh approach to musical arrangement culminating in a sound that is more rooted in the raw aesthetics of second wave black metal than contemporary folk.

Over the course of a year, Lynch enjoyed the freedom of experimenting and exploring different paths of sound design without expectation or pressure. Seeking out interesting settings to record music and gather field recordings, the essence of which have seeped into the spirit of the music, Lynch explores rediscovered spaces in Dublin and familiar interior spaces. He frequently visited the abandoned warehouse where his father worked and sang with his shruti box, contented in his solitude.

The result is a distinct and sometimes harrowing drone-folk atmosphere conjured throughout the album's lengthy and enveloping compositions, with an eerily beautiful, immersive sadness resonating throughout.

"An immersive world of created sounds and raw, resonant singing... dazzling sounds... gorgeousness and menace... lyrics carrying oceans of sadness" (5/5, The Guardian)

Features Ian on hurdy gurdy, uilleann pipes, synth, vocals, shruti box, concertina, guitar, found sounds, and tape, with guests: Laurie Sue Shanaman (Ails, Ludicra) on vocals, and Ruth Clinton (Landless, Poor Creature) on church organ.

Only available on a one-time, long sold out CD pressing in Ireland (Nyahh Records, 2022), we now present this incredible album with an exclusive bonus track 'Sympathetic Invertebrate Ritual', recorded especially for this edition. Comes in a matt-laminate digipak with updated artwork.

"Lynch's brand of gnarled trad feels heavy with solipsism – a loud, lone voice in the dark, accompanied only by its surroundings" (4/5, Songlines)

CD in matt-laminate digipak.

Track listing:

1. Glistening, She Emerges (8:32)
2. Sympathetic Invertebrate Ritual (7:10)
3. Bold And Undaunted Youth (13:31)
4. I'd Rather Be Tending My Sheep (11:55)
5. The Fancy Cannot Cheat So Well (6:22)
6. Only The Diceys (5:57)