Photo by Izabela Szczutkowska

Irish alt-rock outfit The Altered Hours have returned this week with their brilliant new single “Such A Steal”. It follows on from their recent outing “Turn Away”, taken from the band’s eagerly awaited self-titled third album, which is out on November 7th via Pizza Pizza Records. Packed with elongated guitars and bubbling rhythm sections, the track serves up another fine taste of what's to come. Speaking about the new single, the band’s Cathal MacGabhann said, “This song just came straight out of the ether. For me, it’s the tempo & atmosphere that really makes this song ring true. It was written in one rush, done in about an hour. I was very obsessed with the exact tempo of this song when I demo’d it first at home. So when we were in the studio finishing the track together, we copied the tempo I had fixed on initially, which I think really translated to keeping the initial energy alive in its final form. The lyrics have more of a veiled meaning on ‘Such A Steal’. It’s possibly about isolating myself from society because even the breeze on my skin is so overwhelming. It’s about how much I love this world, while simultaneously wanting to stay at arms reach away from its beauty.” Take a listen below. 

Live Dates
Oct 10 - Ballina Arts Centre, Mayo (with YOP)
Oct 11 - Bold Frontiers Festival, Dundalk
Dec 10 - Whelans, Dublin (main room)
Dec 12 - Live at St. Luke’s, Cork
Dec 13 – St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church, Galway 

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