Crìoch Na Réis translates into English as ‘End of the Race’ and is about love, loyalty, intensity of emotion and sacrifice in commitment!
The lyrics of Crìoch Na Réis were originally written in English by William Codona before being skilfully translated by his brother Alasdair Codona, who is a Gaelic singer and musician. Alasdair has previously worked with many well known names in the Gaelic music community.
The cover art was produced by guitarist Scott Henriksen, a painting entitled ‘I Was A Teenage Sgianach.’ It was originally created for a show in An Tuireann Art Centre in Skye and combines an oil painting on canvas of an anatomical heart with an acrylic engraving of a street map of where he grew up in Portree.
It also features two superb guests – vocalist from the Isle of Skye D.J. MacLennan and drummer Alex Allan from Dundee!
Guitarist William Codona and bassist Rachel Codona are husband and wife and are originally from Glasgow, although both have strong family ties to the Isle of Islay. They met during their time gigging in the Glasgow music scene, whilst playing in punk and grunge bands and now currently live in Montrose. William has just completed his honours degree in Audio Engineering at Perth UHI.
Drummer Alex Allan, who lives in Dundee, spent around six years with local Alt Rock band Hopefolder before working with the band on the single.
Guitarist Scott Henriksen is a native of Portree, Skye but now resides in Auchmithie. He began his rock ’n’ roll adventure by ‘Townsend-ing his ukelele’ at the age of three and his first guitar lesson was with none other than Donnie Munro of Runrig.
As a teenager, he joined the band The Thing Upstairs with ‘accidental Gaelic punk pioneer’ DJ MacLennan, along with Seumas MacLennan and ‘Freddie’ the drum machine. The Thing Upstairs were commissioned by the BBC to write an original Gaelic song and make a video for the youth programme Brag. The song ‘Nan Soluis Dhubh’ was included on the Gaelic sampler ‘Gaidhlig Na Lasair’ in 2006. The Thing Upstairs may well lay claim to have been the first to release a punk song completely sung in Gaelic.
DJ, who still lives in Skye, went on to embrace electronic music, recording and performing solo as McGill, during which time he released the album The Darker Wing and now features as the vocalist on Crìoch na Réis.
Artist website: https://linktr.ee/fieldingchase
Single title: Crìoch Na Réis
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Release Date: 05/07/2024
Single artist: Fielding Chase
Single duration: 3:44
Record Label: Mo Fi Record Label
Catalogue No: MoFi004
Writers: William Codona, Alasdair Codona
Publishers: William Codona
Explicit?: No
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