Things To Keep Alive

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1.	A Friend By The Lake 05:04	buy track
2.	In The Shadow Of Her 04:05	buy track
3.	A Fault In All Of Us 04:49	buy track
4.	Things to Keep Alive 04:38	buy track
5.	Let Me Stay In Tonight 03:57	buy track
6.	Until You 04:38	buy track
7.	Cinnamon Challenge 04:45	buy track
8.	Pure Shores 04:17	buy track
9.	Colourless 04:28	buy track
10.	Tradition 03:41	buy track

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Following on from 2019's 'The Unforgiving Current', Horsebeach's Ryan Kennedy returns with his fifth record 'Things To Keep Alive'. With 'The Unforgiving Current' exploring the themes of isolation whilst living in Tokyo, Kennedy has since returned to the perpetual grey of Mancunia. But rather than viewing his return to Manchester as a step back, Kennedy has used Horsebeach as a catalyst to explore and make positive strides within his mental health.

From Beatles-esque balladry, fuzzed out shoegaze and a lavish cover of a 00s pop classic, 'Things To Keep Alive' still importantly retains the Horsebeach DNA and even has moments that will take fans all the way back to Kennedy's C86 inspired debut LP. In turn, this results in Horsebeach's most varied and rewarding album to date. A record that inspires and shows growth; a record that makes you appreciate the things you help to keep alive.

Here’s what Ryan (Horsebeach) had to say about the album.
"I always treat each album as a snapshot of a certain period of my life and Things To Keep Alive is no different. However, it's less of a measure of time and more a snapshot of the mental space I've come to occupy over the past few years.

Fundamentally, this album is about my own struggle with one particular side effect of my mental health. Especially my propensity to long for the sweet release of death. I've come to learn how to deal with these things over time and I have always cared for my many cats, plants and important people close to me. These things bring me great joy and through the fog of my depressed haze, I have finally learned to water, feed and care for myself as well. These are the things I keep alive.

Musically I've decided to revisit themes from my earlier work but allow myself to open up to sounds I might have restricted from the Horsebeach palette in the past. It's quite a simple album thematically but perhaps the one I'm most proud of to date. I've given myself much longer to write this album and I hope the extra time I’ve spent nurturing each song comes through in the end."

Ryan

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released March 15, 2024

written, recorded & produced by Ryan Kennedy
except track 8, Pure Shores, written by Shaznay Lewis & William Orbit
drums on tracks 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 & 9 by Andrew Richardson
mixed by Tom Nixon
mastering by Jason Mitchell at LOUD mastering

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