MARK GEARY - Antebellum - 12'' EP - Vinyl MARK GEARY

12'' EP - Standard Limited Edition Black Vinyl. Pressed by Anthem Vinyl in Co. Kildare.

Following his acclaimed 2024 album, In The Time of Locusts (4 stars, The Irish Times), Antebellum is an intimate six-track EP bound with tender acoustic instrumentation and the familiar warmth of Mark Geary’s sincere vocals and reflective lyricism. Recalling, vulnerability and enduring hope, the EP reflects Geary’s creative response to one of Ireland’s stormiest New Year’s on record. He says, “I stared out to a January of rain and cold and thought, ‘I need to get back to my desk’. If I stayed watching the news, or in a cycle of streaming shows, I’d crumble. I threw out my telly and set up a writing room by my bed. Tuned all my guitars and would jump out of bed and sing. These songs are what came of it: Fear, regret, love, romance, terror, and the weather forecast.”

Navigating moments of reposeful contemplation to passages of trepidation, Geary reflects on the human condition within a more concentrated run time, where each track emerges as a resonant meditation on fear, love, regret, and hope. With six studio albums, three live albums and what will be his second ever EP release with Antebellum, writing, touring and live performance remain Geary' s lifeblood. Treating Antebellum with trademark Geary honesty, his lyrics slice right through to the core, revealing a life laid bare of human emotional frailty, failed relationships, tenderness, hurt, making amends, desire and parting. His treasured guitar collection is always close at hand, each set up in a different tuning and ready to capture any emotion.

“one of Ireland’s best songwriters.” -  The Irish Times

“His delicate songs about love and defiance recall Richard Thompson and John  Lennon.” - Time Out NY

“one of Irish music's most consistently brilliant and underrated talents.” - RTÉ Culture