Joshua Burnside and Laura Quirke –  In The Half-Light

Attic Thing Records – 16 July 2021

Having shared stages and sung together live on various occasions, Irish singer-songwriters Joshua Burnside and Laura Quirke have joined forces for a debut duo EP, each bringing their respective traditional and indie-folk influences to the table. The four tracks kick off with Quirk and Burnside sharing breathily-voiced verses on her self-penned Taking The Wheel. The number rides a minimal repeated banjo pattern to a drone-like effect, the song exploring the feeling of wanting to break free of a situation in which you don’t feel in control. It’s written from the perspective of two people, David and Sarah, travelling in a  car, each with their own thoughts.