Hilary Woods announces third studio album, Acts of Light

"Where The Bough Has Broken" comes alongside a video created by Woods that exhibits her singular music and filmic aesthetic.

"Made from old newsreels of archive footage, this video muses on the beauty of community and resilience, made to a piece of music that celebrates connection and the specificity and transience of time, space, and human expression," Woods says. "This music video is a visual love letter to the Dublin City I grew up in, to the spirit of familial roots and the extraordinary moments in ordinary life that leave their lasting impression".

Written, recorded, mixed and produced over a span of two years between the west coast of Ireland and Dublin, Woods recorded the choristers of the Palestrina choir in the Pro Cathedral Dublin, together with the voices of Galway City Chamber Choir. Strings were recorded by Jo Berger Myhre in Oslo, whilst field recordings were recorded nomadically throughout her time spent travelling through the north west of Spain.

Acts of Light follows on from the 2020 debut, Colt, and its follow-up, Birthmarks, which was released in 2020.

Tracklist:

1. Burial Rites
2. Wife Mother Lover Crow
3. Where The Bough Has Broken
4. Acts of Light
5. Ochre
6. Awakening
7. Blood Orange
8. The Foot of Love
9. Vigil