'BREATHE EASY'
THE NEW SINGLE FROM THE LAST INKLINGS
Breathe Easy is the latest single from THE LAST INKLINGS' award winning top 40 album The Impossible Wild. It is available on Bandcamp all streaming platforms and a new official video will be released on 29 April.
The song is a lullaby for the last child on earth. It is a warning to take heed of the decline of the natural world and the possibility of a post-apocalyptic future if we don't learn to manage our impact as humans. If we keep refusing to acknowledge and accept responsibility for the planet, eventually there may be a final lullaby sung for the final child. Scenes of lost nature are relayed as a fairy tale or folklore before the impact and finality is truly felt.
The instrumental sections after each verse grow ever more desperate in their struggle for resolution. There is an inevitability in both the lyrics and music that bubbles under the surface throughout, adding an impending sense of foreboding. The strings move in pentatonic patterns, producing unexpected harmonies that heighten the disconnect between the lullaby images and the arid reality.
* The fourth single from the debut album THE IMPOSSIBLE WILD
* Debut album The Impossible Wild charted in November's Official Folk Chart Top 40
* The Impossible Wild is Fatea Magazine's 'Debut Album of The Year'
THE LAST INKLINGS - BREATHE EASY
The album The Impossible Wild explores the role of nature, myth and superstition in the modern world. The album is a celebration of storytelling that uses symphonic arrangements and narrative lyrics to conjure up a variety of themes and imagery. Through the lens of music and metaphor, The Last Inklings explore contemporary issues including mental health, personal wellbeing and growth, and our impact on the environment.
It was released in October 2021 and charted in the November Official Folk Charts Top 40 and has been critically well received with Maverick awarding it 9/10, RnR 4*, and Folk Radio UK proclaiming “It’s hard to believe there will be a better debut album this year”. It has been awarded Fatea Magazine’s Debut Album of the Year 2021.
The Last Inklings are Leonardo MacKenzie and David Hoyland, both are accomplished multi-instrumentalists with a solid folk background. The band's innovative sound crosses genres, centred around cello, mandolin and vocal harmony, layered with guitar, piano, strings, synths and percussion. With vibrant backstories and creative musicianship, their songs have a modern flavour that is rich with imagery and narrative, exploring at their core what it is to be human. They are a current English Folk Expo Showcase Artist.
Leonardo MacKenzie: cello, vocals, violin, piano
David Hoyland: mandolin, vocals, percussion, guitar, synths
★★★★ "Overwhelmingly unique and pleasing" - RnR MAGAZINE
“It’s hard to believe there will be a better debut album this year" - FOLK RADIO UK
9/10 "Unique and inspiring" - MAVERICK
★★★ "A charm and gravity that draw you in" - SONGLINES
"Beguiling…exquisitely crafted and endlessly inventive" - Morning Star
“Just beautiful” - BBC Introducing
“Classy and classic” - At The Barrier
REMAINING LIVE DATES THIS SPRING
1st May Bristol Folk Festival
6th May St Andrew's church, Kinson, Bournemouth
7th May The Beehive, Honiton (double header with Suthering)
11th May Live to Your Living Room
10th June Live at Thornsett Road
11th June. Magpies Nest Festival: London
