Last night's Fresh Ingredients is live here if you fancy listening back! Songs from @redcavalry.bsky.social, @somehappything.bsky.social, The Thorn, Pulp, @andrewrumsey.bsky.social, @thelovelybasement.bsky.social, Rec Centre, @theclientele.bsky.social, @cypressmine.bsky.social, Hedge Burners & more!

Over the next hour tonight: a special focus on @redcavalry.bsky.social & indie-pop, folk, literary indie delights as usual. Possible I'll ramble on a bit. Playing 'Reflections of Jane' by @theclientele.bsky.social in a second &, right now, another great song from the new @cypressmine.bsky.social LP

What a week... getting played on BBC Radio Ulster, Interview in Goo Magazine, Album of Day Radio Free Europe, Featured Album on 8 Radio and to top it all on the Bandcamp Home Page on Saturday in the New & Noteable Albums. Bandcamp said 'full of jangle and punk attitude'... and more!

Not something you see very often! Our album on the homepage of Bandcamp. New and noteable 😀

It's Bandcamp Friday. We have a new album out. Feel free to listen. Feel free to follow. Feel free to...it's on Bandcamp.!

We released our new album (pulling all the clouds apart) just a few weeks ago. It makes its Bandcamp Friday debut this Friday 6th March. Please support our new newborn creation! 180gr black vinyl with a printed inner sleeve and also available as a download. cypressmine.bandcamp.com/album/pullin...

Brilliant to see a two-page feature on the band and our new album in The Goo Magazine. Great interview by Deniz Ekim Tilif. We will be in Dublin soon at the Bello Bar March 21st @foggynotions.bsky.social

Many thanks to John Kerr for his great introduction and for playing Song About A Dog on The Late Show last night on BBC Radio Ulster

We’re on Bandcamp. Follow us to hear our new music: cypressmine.bandcamp.com/follow_me

Now playing.. 'TPOE 385: Cypress, Mine! by The Point Of Everything' in depth interview with Ciaran and Ian of @cypressmine.bsky.social Nice Jeff Buckley mention.. on.soundcloud.com/WolF3anjs7Zb...

In less than 3 weeks, we are playing Dublin for the first time in over 38 years! We will be at the Bello Bar on March 21st. A rare event that we are really excited about. Big Boy Foolish will be supporting on the night. Thanks to the Bello & @foggynotions.bsky.social

We have had a few great reviews of our new album from some of the Irish newspapers in the last couple of weeks. Many thanks to John, Ed and Paul. Please listen to the album on our Bandcamp page: cypressmine.bandcamp.com/album/pullin...

Thank you so much @johnmeaghermedia.bsky.social from @independent.ie for the great review of our new album. Read about it here: independent.ie/entertainmen... and find the album & listen on Bandcamp cypressmine.bandcamp.com/album/pullin...

Tom, thank you for playing Song About A Dog on Monday and Tuesday nights show on Newstalk. The song is from our new album 'pulling all the clouds apart'. @newstalkfm.bsky.social Hear the full album on Bandcamp.

Album of the week on Live 95. Brilliant. Thank you Green and Live.

Brilliant to hear 'Joy' was played on the @2fm.rte.ie Alternative with @talldanhegarty.bsky.social on Tuesday night. The track is from our new album 'pulling all the clouds apart' . cypressmine.bandcamp.com/album/pullin...

Great to be played on The Louise Duffy Show on RTÉ Radio 1 yesterday. Really appreciate it. cypressmine.bandcamp.com/album/pullin...

This is a superb piece thanks to Ed Power @irishtimes.com www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...

I've got 2 videos of the Cork band 'WITHOUT THE' (where are they online?) who supported @cypressmine.bsky.social at the Crane Lane Theatre in Cork on Saturday. A really fab, upbeat and fun band, also of yore but now back. Here they are with their song 'Louise': www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb4j...

My 2nd video of 'WITHOUT THE' who supported @cypressmine.bsky.social in Cork on Saturday at Crane Lane Theatre is of their last song, 'Nothing (Spinning)' - at least that's what it was on the set list! www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2xj...

What a thoughtful piece on @cypressmine.bsky.social in the @irishtimes.com . The inteview demonstrates their enduring depth and quality. And I love that they want to look forward! They've just released a fabulous album so yeah, let's do it, let's do it again...🎶🎸 www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...

A big thank to Ray Cuddihy for the shoutout and the play (Spellbinding) on last Saturday on the Late Date on @rteone.rte.ie GRMA Ray

Really nice pic from Ger O'Connor from the instore @MusicZoneDV on Saturday morning. The shop has a few copies of the new vinyl (signed & unsigned). Pop over to Ray's shop. A treasure trove in Togher.

My next video from @cypressmine.bsky.social at Music Zone in Cork is of their indiepop jangly banger, 'Justine': www.youtube.com/watch?v=25X9...

My final video from @cypressmine.bsky.social 's in-store at Music Zone in Cork yesterday is of their indiepop SMASH, 'Sugar Beat God'. More to come soon from their proper gig Saturday night! www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMVE...

Finally. A new long player. A new album on vinyl and digital. Out today. February 13th. Hope you like it. See Bandcamp cypressmine.bandcamp.com/album/pullin.... Also in good record shops and on digital platforms

For those of you who are going to our upcoming gigs (and those who are not too!)... here's a little a taster on YouTube (audio only). And btw... the new album is out tomorrow, Friday 13 Feb (on Bandcamp and in shops). youtu.be/LcsBiy3zTtw

Really looking forward to our gig at Crane Lane, Cork on Saturday night. We are also doing a few tunes instore at MusicZone, Cork at 1pm to celebrate the release of our new album. Thanks to Tom Keating Presents and all at Musiczone

Ok...we took a 38-year break and are finally managing to release our second album! Only three more sleeps to go ... out on Friday February 13th. On sale on Bandcamp cypressmine.bandcamp.com/.../pulling-.... and all good record shops on Friday. Also on most digital platforms.

What a way to top off a great weekend. At Levis in Ballydehob. Some pics from before the gig... Sorry no pics from the actual gig (we were busy on stage/behind the counter)

A fantasic gig and a very enjoyable night in Mike The Pies on Friday. Thanks to all of you who made it . Great welcome back for us. Very first gig was with The Bluebells in Ballybunion in 1984 & our very first gig in over 36 years also in Kerry. Top shots here John Kelliher

A new substack post: You can’t be in two places at once as our mothers used to say by Mark Healy Practice Rooms, Recordings, New Additions and more cypressmine.substack.com/p/you-cant-b...

So happy that @johncreedon.bsky.social @rteone.rte.ie played Safe Highway on his show last night. Thank you so much John.

On the air at 8pm on @eistradio.bsky.social with the first new ep of Raidió Mar Dhea this year. New tunes from @vsevolodplotkin.bsky.social, NIMF, @cypressmine.bsky.social, E the Artist and more! eist.radio

It's been at least 36 years since we played live. Pretty soon that will change ... we look forward to MikeThePies, Levis Ballydehob, Crane Lane Cork and the Bello Bar Dublin. A sneak peak of some of the old & new on YouTube... youtu.be/LcsBiy3zTtw?...

I talk to Ian, Mark, Ciarán and Morty about new @cypressmine.bsky.social album and a whole lot more www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...

The new video for our new single (Safe Highway) is now on our YouTube channel. A love song in English based on a poem of love written in Irish in 1997. My father’s words are still being heard today, on what would have been his 100th birthday. youtu.be/5_KxVGCPr7w

Thank you @hotpress.com for nice piece about the forthcoming album and also premiering the new video for Safe Highway. Fantastic. www.hotpress.com/music/cypres...

Some really great music on Fresh Ingredients with Jonathan Shipley. Fantastic that we got played on the Brighton based Indie show. Thanks Jonathan. Listen to the Untidy Music Show on Soundcloud. @untidyradio.com www.mixcloud.com/jonathanship...

A big thanks to @talldanhegarty.bsky.social on The Alternative on @2fm.rte.ie for playing a track from our new album. It was the first play for a track from the album. He played Song About A Dog from 'pulling all the clouds apart', which will be released on February 13th.

Safe Highway - a love song based on a poem written many years ago. Listen on Spotify and Bandcamp. open.spotify.com/track/27lv1Y... cypressmine.bandcamp.com/track/safe-h...

Pre-order cypressmine.bandcamp.com/follow_me

Nice piece on Extra.ie. Thanks to Extra and Danny McElhinney. extra.ie/2026/01/19/e...

Our new single 'Safe Highway' is out on digital platforms today and our new album 'pulling all the clouds apart' is also on pre-order on Bandcamp (vinyl & digital) see Bandcamp cypressmine.bandcamp.com/album/pullin... or hyperfollow.com/cypressmine

About 8 years ago, Ian Olney bumped into Morty McCarthy on Patrick's Street in Cork. They were both home for Christmas. Ian played him a demo of song called Strikecaptain3. The song is now called Safe Highway. Out next Friday. Read more... cypressmine.substack.com/p/3a6a54a6-0...

So happy to have a new album coming out soon. The album 'pulling all the clouds apart' will be released on February 13th. (pre-order January 16th). Available on vinyl and digital on Bandcamp, Spotify and most digital platforms. Oh there's a new single too. 'Safe Highway'. Out on January 16th

This is rare. Rarer than a blue moon (which is not very rare really!), rarer than a flowering Corpse plant... we are playing four gigs in Ireland very soon. We are excited and it will be pretty busy. Don't miss out.

Soon

New Tune New Year