Silver Branch announces debut album The Long Goodnight

The Long Goodnight, the debut offering from Kerryman Kieran Mulvihill, aka Silver Branch, will be officially released on Friday, June 7 on digital platforms.

Today's announcement comes shortly before Silver Branch's Irish tour, which will see the musician play headline shows in Mayo, Louth, Carlow and Dublin.

The ten-track album promises to take listeners on a journey of self exploration through experiences of betrayal, love, success, failure, and renewal. From vulnerable acoustic tracks like ‘Another Night In’ to the raw and guttural sounds of ‘Even Out’, ‘What is Real’ and ‘Today’.

The album's lead single 'The Setting Sun', has been described the musician as a "slice of life really, living in Dublin and trying to find your way in and out of relationships, good and bad, and working to make ends meet".

In a recent Hot Press Q & A, the Kerry musician that the name Silver Branch came from a line in a John Moriarty book which read "The music of the Silver Branch", a term used in Irish mythology, meaning gateway to another world.

The album concludes with the title track ‘The Long Goodnight’, an existential triumphant release, allowing for closure yet leaving the door open for interpretation.

Information regarding Silver Branch's debut LP tracklisting can be found below along with dates for his 2024 Irish tour. Tickets are available for purchase here. 

The Long Goodnight Track list: 

1. Another Night In
2. The Setting Sun
3. Big Decisions
4. Today
5. What is Real
6. We Raise Our Bodies
7. A Song Half Sung
8. Even Out
9. Evening Star
10. The Long Goodnight

2024 Silver Branch Tour Dates:

• April 19th - Mchugh’s (Drogheda)
•  April 26th- Pembroke Club D’art (Carlow)
• May 3rd - The Clock Tavern (Westport)
• May 10th - Anseo bar (Dublin)