John O’Callaghan, Paul Skelton & Ren Faye Collaborate on “May The Road Rise”
Following his early 2024 excursion to “Pebble Beach” and the summer-summoning “Devotion”, autumn sees John O’Callaghan raise those floor pressures once again. This outing finds co-producer, lyricist and fellow Irelander Paul Skelton travel the Tullamore trail over to John’s native Navan for “May The Road Rise”.
The track further teams the pair with Ren Faye, who was last heard lending voice to Amos & Riot Night’s “Different View” in the spring. Now you’ve probably gathered from its title that “May The Road Rise” already has some distinct Eireann atmospheres. Through her Celtic-ally-toned delivery, subtle Gaelic inflections and Paul’s sometimes wistful, but always moving ode, that characteristic is accented no end.
As you can imagine, John and Paul aren’t exactly skimping on the contrastingly uplifting elements either. Cantering drums, winnowing sub-melodies, and Ren’s ethereal harmonies dot its opening minutes. Slowly drawn fiddles transition fluidly into grander orchestral ones, and then further still into celestially plucked filaments. As its feels continue to swell, the pianoforte chimes and the synths ascend, to deliver an end-of-the-night, lump-in-the-throat moment club citizens will carry all the way home with them. “May The Road Rise” out now on all mayor streaming platforms.
