Track of the Day: Birthday Problem, ‘The Language Of War’ feat. Molly O’Mahony

Birthday Problem have shared a new single ‘The Language Of War’ featuring West Cork singer-songwriter Molly O’Mahony.

Birthday Problem is the exciting new collaborative project between two prolific producers/musicians – Matt Harris and Rocky O’Reilly. Individually renowned for their fearless, boundary-pushing approaches to making music, the duo have teamed up to thematically and sonically dive into a sci-fi electronica realm, taking a look at our future through a dark lens.

Their new single, ‘The Language of War’ features a former member of the folk group Mongoose, Molly O’Mahony. Matt Harris said: “I remember hearing Molly’s music for the first time when I was driving to Cork and I was struck by the quality of her vocals. Working with her voice has given us so many options with the track and working with her as a person has been great".

Molly O’Mahony said: “The song is told from the voice of a dismayed deity of war, the Morrigan perhaps, warning humankind about the cost of invoking her once again. She tells humanity, in no uncertain terms, that to continue speaking the language of war, is to realise their own bitter demise".

The track itself is an electronic anthem with strong vocals from O’Mahony, and a steady dark mood throughout. On writing the lyrics, Molly said: "I’ve enjoyed the challenge of writing to this track by Matt and Rocky, as it’s completely out of my normal wheelhouse.

"The hard-edged, beat-driven texture of the track lent itself to expressing some tremors of current world events through an imagined mythological voice. It was cathartic to channel some of my own feelings about the state of the world through this vessel".

Check out the new track below!