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https://www.folkradio.co.uk/2022/10/myles-oreilly-her-first-crios-an-ode-to-soft-landings/ Earlier this year, Myles O’Reilly released Cocooning Heart, which Thomas Blake described as a singularly fulfilling album. As he noted in his review – Sometimes art floats close to the surface of real life. It isn’t always comfortable, and it must take a certain amount of courage to create. Having previously released a minimal ambient series of long playersContinue reading “Review: An Ode To Soft Landings, Folk Radio UK”

https://www.folkradio.co.uk/2022/07/myles-oreilly-cocooning-heart-2/ There is something self-deprecating about Myles O’Reilly that belies the power and emotional reach of his music. Talking about his latest album, he has stated that he’s not trying to reinvent anything, ‘just write a good, simple song.’ Well, the songs on Cocooning Heart are certainly good. In some senses, they are simple too – lightly psychedelic, sometimesContinue reading “Review: Cocooning Heart, Folk Radio UK.”

https://www.hotpress.com/opinion/album-review-myles-oreilly-cocooning-heart-22917322 n the dozen years since he last took centre-stage as the frontman for Juno Falls, Myles O’Reilly has made a name for himself as a talented film-maker, producing beautiful music videos and documentaries for acts from Glen Hansard to Janelle Monáe. When lockdown hit, with nobody to film, O’Reilly borrowed a Moog synthesiser and returned to his first love,Continue reading “Review: Cocooning Heart, Hotpress”

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[Indistinct Chatter] Cabin Lights Off Myles O’Reilly In the sweaty, surreal dog days of this unprecedented global pandemic, a new trend cropped up that seemed almost laughably useless: International airlines began to offer “flights to nowhere,” for customers who missed the anesthetized atmosphere of an airplane cabin enough to pay for the experience alone. ThoughContinue reading “Best Ambient Music on Bandcamp: October 2020”

Tony Clayton-Lea Cabin Lights Off (Self-Released) Notwithstanding his mostly forgotten days as a very fine songwriter, Myles O’Reilly is known for crafting short films that focus on the work of Irish musicians, but under the formal name of [Indistinct Chatter] he presents a persuasive and refined variant of ambient/electronic music. Throughout Cabin Lights Off, whichContinue reading “Album Review for ‘Cabin Lights Off’ in The Sunday Business Post”

https://www.rte.ie/culture/2020/1015/1171799-album-of-the-week-cabin-lights-off-by-myles-oreilly/?fbclid=IwAR2l_eR5s-scJl46MsiFZnUlzBRNMK5jNamwtv1IMCV8CoOg202djXbmw0A Under the moniker of [Indistinct Chatter], filmmaker Myles O’Reilly (AKA Arbutus Yarns) has released his sophomore collection of ambient music works, Cabin Lights Off – listen below. With melodic passages composed of organs and synths that drift in gusts of reverb and choirs that serve to add texture, Cabin Lights Off is by turns dramatic, haunting and whimsical.  https://embed.spotify.com/album/20ZWDDZUb63eTj74v75c8f TheContinue reading “‘Cabin Lights Off’ wins Album Of The Week: RTE Culture Magazine”