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The Gloaming: The Gloaming 3 (Real World)

There is a valid argument about music being utilised for much more than moving the body. It is also, posits the Gloaming’s vocalist, Iarla Ó Lionáird, a way for the listener “to breathe into a more mantric and transcendent space . . . to manage mental states . . . of heightened transparency and intensity.” Frankly, Ó Lionáird had me at “mantric”, because from ...