Walt McClements [US - Western Vinyl] + Mantua

WALT McCLEMENTS is an accordionist, multi-instrumentalist and composer based in Los Angeles. His solo compositions focus on processed accordion, creating patient and emotional meditations that nod to drone and ambient music. His debut record, “A Hole in the Fence” was released in 2021 on American Dreams, and utilized a minimal palette of accordions treated through guitar pedals to create glacial soundscapes and odes to hidden worlds. On his latest record and first for Western Vinyl, “On a Painted Ocean”, he expands his sonic tools to include lush synths, droning pipe organs, and spirited horns, creating a vibrant journey from solitary stillness to community exuberance. The record also follows last year’s “Rain on the Road”, a collaborative album with harpist Mary Lattimore, released on Thrill Jockey.

MANTUA is a music project from Elaine Malone (pôt-pot, Géis). Influenced by environmental decline, symbolism in the forms of Virgin Mary holograms and the decay of nature. Other influences include the work of Jodorowsky, bogs and death.

..In Galtee Virtual Muse, an album born out of “heartbreak and hope” — exorcising states of aching desperation and worn down distress, Mantua unleashes nine scuzzy hymns of resilience and DIY dream pop deliverance. - Anois, Os Ard

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

plugd records, 3 Cornmarket Street, Cork, Ireland