A Ritual Sea - Because You Hate to Care About (single)
Formed in 2016, A Ritual Sea’s distinctive, synth-driven, shoegaze sound is heavily influenced by the esoteric imagery of Andrei Tarkovsky, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Robert Altman and Ingmar Bergman. Having featured at the renowned Other Voices Festival in 2018 and supported international acts such as Gwenno and Jane Weaver, the band played a sold-out headline show in Dublin’s Whelans venue in early 2020 and are gearing up to return to playing live shows in support of their debut album launch.
A Ritual Sea will release their new single ‘Because You Hate to Care About’ through French independent label Icy Cold Records. This follows the Dublin-based dreamwave band’s recent single ‘Desire Lines’ which introduced their highly anticipated debut album, due out this autumn.
Featuring layers of signature shimmering guitars, ‘Because You Hate To Care About’ evokes hazy summer memories and a feeling of heady love, perfectly captured in the music video by Donna McCabe and Niko Bikialo, starring Boxers Chloé and Lilii. Songwriter and singer with A Ritual Sea, Donna McCabe, says: “Lyrically, the song is about that moment after a heated argument; knowing you’ve both said things you regret, trying to find a way to say sorry, longing to get back to that feeling of harmony. Musically, we wanted to bring that blissful, euphoric feeling to life.”
The arrangement of the new single develops like a rising Sun in summer. From the soft beginning to a full guitar and drums driven sound. The warm vocal embraces the listener and makes him feel happy, carefree, ready to enjoy every single good moment that life brings. The dreamy sound takes all the troubles away, soothes the soul.
Artwork: Mona Atkinson